Rotherhithe (Norwegian Seamen) WW1

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Reference WMO/255071

Address:

St Olav's Kirke (Sjomannskirken)

1 St Olav's Square

Rotherhithe

London

SE16 7JB

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Norwegian Armed Forces: Granite stone of remembrance. All words of the inscription are separated by dots. The English language inscription faces the roadside whilst the Norwegian language inscription faces the church. In 2017 the memorial was moved slightly within the square to form part of a boundary wall.
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6 o'clock face: TO THE MEMORY OF/ 2101 SEAMEN WHO STAKED/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ UNDER THE FLAG OF NORWAY/ IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1918/ "IN THE SIGHT OF THE/ UNWISE THEY SEEMED/ TO DIE" WIS III.2/ ERECTED BY SHIP-OWNERS OF NORWAY. 12 o'clock face: (NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE ABOVE)

Grade II (England)

1449959

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