christine liava'a Posted 4 March , 2004 Share Posted 4 March , 2004 Remembering Today: Stoker David JONES, 547V Royal Naval Reserve, HM Trawler Flicker, who died aged 43 on 04.03.16. Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hants, UK Name: JONES, DAVID Initials: D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Stoker Regiment: Royal Naval Reserve Unit Text: H.M. Trawler "Flicker." Age: 43 Date of Death: 04/03/1916 Service No: 547V Additional information: Husband of Kate Jones, of 27, Beach Rd., Port Dinorwic, Carnarvonshire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 23. Cemetery: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL FLICKER, trawler, lost 1916, March 4, British Isles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 4 March , 2004 Author Share Posted 4 March , 2004 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Country: United Kingdom Locality: Hampshire Visiting Information: A copy of the Memorial Register is kept at the Civic Offices in Guildhall Square and may be consulted there. Location Information: The Memorial is situated on Southsea Common overlooking the promenade, and is accessible at all times. Historical Information: After the First World War, an appropriate way had to be found of commemorating those members of the Royal Navy who had no known grave, the majority of deaths having occurred at sea where no permanent memorial could be provided. An Admiralty committee recommended that the three manning ports in Great Britain - Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth - should each have an identical memorial of unmistakable naval form, an obelisk, which would serve as a leading mark for shipping. The memorials were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, who had already carried out a considerable amount of work for the Commission, with sculpture by Henry Poole. After the Second World War it was decided that the naval memorials should be extended to provide space for commemorating the naval dead without graves of that war, but since the three sites were dissimilar, a different architectural treatment was required for each. The architect for the Second World War extension at Portsmouth was Sir Edward Maufe (who also designed the Air Forces memorial at Runnymede) and the additional sculpture was by Charles Wheeler, William McMillan, and Esmond Burton. Portsmouth Naval Memorial commemorates almost 10,000 sailors of the First World War and almost 15,000 from the Second World War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 4 March , 2004 Author Share Posted 4 March , 2004 Portsmouth Navy Memorial http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cemetery_...y=144703&mode=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 4 March , 2004 Share Posted 4 March , 2004 HMT Flicker, Admiralty No 413, Port No H.334 (Hull), 192 tons launched in 1911, requisitioned November 1914, armed with 1 x 3 pounder gun, hit a mine on 4th March 1916 off Dover. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 4 March , 2004 Share Posted 4 March , 2004 1901 Census David Jones - Age 27 Born: Carnarvon Llandde Niolen Res: Llanfairisgaer Occupation: Steam Ship fireman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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