Memorial: M4926

Memorial at Liverpool Pier Head commemorating ‘heroes of the marine engine room’

Location

Pier Head, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'IN . HONOUR . OF / ALL . HEROES . OF . THE . MARINE . ENGINE . ROOM / THIS . MEMORIAL / WAS . ERECTED . BY / INTERNATIONAL . SUBSCRIPTION / MCMXVI', 'THE . BRAVE . DO . NOT . DIE/THEIR . DEEDS . LIVE . FOR . EVER/AN . CALL . UPON . US/TO . EMULATE . THEIR . COURAGE/AND . DEVOTION . TO . DUTY'

Details

Description: The obelisk has a carved flame at the top surrounded by four standing female figures holding wreaths. At the base of the obelisk, sun rays and below that, four crouching giants with waves carved between them. At each end of the base, two full length figures representing engineers and stokers. A propeller within a wreath is carved below the inscriptions which are placed on the sides of the base.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1916
Artists: William Goscombe John
Vessel: RMS Titanic

Extra

Notes: A memorial originally to the engineers of Titanic, but not erected until after the First World War. It now commemorates all 'heroes of the marine engine-room'.
Bibliography: John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas 'Titanic: a journey through time' (Yeovil, 1999).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters