Memorial: M5060

Memorial at Chichester Cathedral to the ship’s company of HMS ‘Broadwater’, lost in 1941

Location

Cathedral, Chichester, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'Erected to the Memory of the / Ship's Company of / HMS BROADWATER / sunk in action / 18 OCTOBER 1941 / with the loss of 45 lives'

Details

Description: The top in the shape of a pediment with acroteria.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: East wall, Chapel of St Michael
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 2002
Artists: Stuart Earl
Vessel: HMS Broadwater

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Broadwater' sunk by enemy action.
Recorder: Ronald Edward White 2003
Photographer: Ronald Edward White 2003

JSON

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