Rea Tug Poolgarth

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Reference WMO/302722

Address:

Magazines Promenade

New Brighton

CH45 1HT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Metal Plaque on the sea wall opposite the New Brighton War Memorial (WMO/121253)
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World War Two casualty/Rea tug Poolgarth/1922-1940/On December 12th 1941, at the height of the blitz, the Mersey tug Poolgarth/was proceeding downriver to give assistance to a ship in distress. Opposite/this point, off Canada Pier Head on the Liverpool side of the river, the/Poolgarth struck a mine dropped by the Luftwaffe during an intensive air raid/on ships anchored in the river, the docks and the surrounding area.// The tug was totally destroyed by the explosion. Only two of the crew's bodies/were recovered for burial ashore.// Names of Poolgarth crew killed in the explosion://[names]//We will remember them

Ralph Langton Master 52/ Herbert Dawson Mate 30/ Harry Edwards Able Seaman 40/ Thomas Fudge Engineer 62/ John Hitchmough Deckhand 18/ Michael Stevenson Trimmer 16/ William Shackleton Fireman 34 Buried ashore

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