HMS Thetis

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Reference WMO/278920

Address:

Mynwent Maeshyfryd Cemetery

Treseifion Road

Holyhead

LL65 2AP

Wales

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Other
About the memorial: A tapering stone column with cross and waves in relief set on a tapering plinth with anchor in relief standing at the back of a stone platform with an angled frontage holding a series of bronze plaques showing dedication and columns of names. This is a large cemetery on the West side of Holyhead, one of the gateways leads directly to the memorial. This memorial covers specifically the 1939 tragedy so does NOT cover WW2.
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TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF THE CIVILIANS WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES IN HMS THETIS ON 3RD JUNE 1939 BURIED HERE / (names) BURIED ELSEWHERE/ (names) Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee / Thou saidst fear not

For a general names list see WMO/259433 at Birkenhead, but this memorial additionally gives ages and place of burial (simply here or elsewhere, not stating where elsewhere)

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