Memorial: M5028

Memorial window in St Mary’s Church, Dover, Kent dedicated to the passengers and crew of the MS ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ who died on 6th March 1987

Location

St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England

Transcript

'PEACE / BE STILL', 'IN . MEMORY . OF / ALL . THOSE . WHO / DIED . IN . THE / HERALD . OF . FREE / ENTERPRISE / ON . THE . NIGHT . OF /FRIDAY . 6TH . MARCH . 1987 / OFF . THE . PORT . OF . ZEEBRUGGE / I . AM . THE . / RESURRECTION / AND . THE . / LIFE'

Details

Description: Two light window. A depiction of Christ stilling the storm occupies the top part of both windows. A broadside view of the vessel in the livery of 'TOWNSEND THORESEN' is placed above the inscription in the left hand light, at the base is a mourning figure and a man, woman and child. In the lower part of the right hand window are representative members of the emergency services.
Type: Window
Position: Nave
Materials: Glass
Date Erected: 1988
Artists: Frederick Walter Cole
Vessel: MS Herald of Free Enterprise

Extra

Notes: The 193 passenger and crew casualties are listed in a book of remembrance
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters