Memorial to Tom Crisp, VC

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Reference WMO/267701

Address:

Belle view Park

Lowestoft

near NR32 1XG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A tablet set on brick within a surrounding kerb. Unveiled 20th August 2017. On the 15th August, 1917, the Smack "Nelson" was engaged in fishing when she was attacked with gunfire from an enemy submarine. The gear was let go and the submarine's fire was returned. The submarine's fourth shot went through the port bow just below the water line and the seventh shell struck the skipper, partially disembowelling him, and passed through the deck and out through the side of the ship. In spite of the terrible nature of his wound Skipper Crisp retained consciousness, and his first thought was to send off a message that he was being attacked and giving his position. He continued to command his ship until the ammunition was almost exhausted and the smack was sinking. He refused to be moved into the small boat when the rest of the crew were obliged to abandon the vessel as she sank, his last request being that he might be thrown overboard.
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Within a circle enclosing a Victoria Cross followed by these words: SKIPPER / TOM CRISP / ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE / 15TH AUGUST 1917

Tom Crisp, V.C., D.S.C.

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