Mercantile Marine Memorial Tree

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Reference WMO/217311

Address:

Memorial Way

Tonge Mill Park

Hempstead Way

Tonge

ME9 9BH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Tree/s
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Tree(s)
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Other Concrete
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Our Gracie Memorial Tree, Memorial.park opposite factory in Hempstead Lane, Tonge, in left-hand corner of car-park is a path leading to the memorial park. Oak tree with an aluminum framed plaque mounted on concrete plinth. The plaque is entitled 'Our Gracie' and commemorates the Men and Women of the Mercantile Marines, from the two world wars and future conflicts.
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Our Gracie Memorial Tree, Memorial Way, Tonge Mill Park The plaque with this tree reads 'This Oak Tree is dedicated to the Men and Women of the Mercantile Marine who gave their lives in the cause of Peace, in two World Wars and subsequent conflicts. We thank them for all their sacrifices made in our name'. A Sailors Epitaph poem follows. 'On all the Oceans, white caps flow. You do not see crosses row on row, For those that sleep beneath the Sea, Rest in Peace; for your Country's Free'. 'This tree is donated for this Memorial by Mr Frank Marsh in memory of his wife Gracie Marsh'.

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