Memorial: M6534

Merchant Navy memorial, Orwell Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk

Location

Orwell Quay, Ipswich, Suffok, England

Transcript

[Front] 'DEDICATED TO ALL / SEAFARERS WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES IN / CONFLICTS AT SEA / AND FOR WHOM THERE ARE NO KNOWN GRAVES / SAVE THOSE OF THE OCEAN', 'WE WILL REMEMBER THEM' [Back] 'LOST TO THE / CRUEL SEA, WHICH WAS / MADE EVEN / MORE CRUEL BY MAN.' [Each side of plinth] 'MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION / IPSWICH'.

Details

Description: Truncated obelisk on plinth of two steps. Painted on the front with a red and blue ensign and the Merchant Navy badge. An anchor below the inscription. The back has a compass rose in blue, and another anchor at the base.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 2014
Artists: A. Clarke memorials [signed]

Extra

Notes: QR code linked to MNA website
Recorder: Celia Waters 2014
Photographer: Celia Waters

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M6534

Location

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters