Will O'Brien Posted 10 November , 2004 Share Posted 10 November , 2004 As per CWGC Name: JAMES, SAMUEL Initials: S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Able Seaman Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: H.M. Trawler "Renarro." Age: 19 Date of Death: 10/11/1918 Service No: Wales/Z/1613 Additional information: Son of John Alfred James, of 20, Caradoc St., Pentwyn, Abersychan, Mon. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 29. Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 10 November , 2004 Author Share Posted 10 November , 2004 & the memorial info Cemetery: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Country: United Kingdom Locality: Devon Visiting Information: Copies of the Memorial Register are kept at the Tourist Information Office at Island House, 9 The Barbican, Plymouth, PL1 2LS, and also in the Naval Historical Section at Plymouth Library. Location Information: The Memorial is situated centrally on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. It 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 Plymouth was Sir Edward Maufe (who also designed the Air Forces memorial at Runnymede) and the additional sculpture was by Charles Wheeler and William McMillan. In addition to commemorating seamen of the Royal Navy who sailed from Plymouth, the First World War panels also bears the names of sailors from Australia and South Africa; the governments of the other Commonwealth nations chose to commemorate their dead elsewhere, for the most part on memorials in their home ports. After the Second World War, Canada and New Zealand again chose commemoration at home, but the memorial at Plymouth commemorates sailors from all other parts of the Commonwealth. Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates more than 7,000 sailors of the First World War and almost 16,000 from the Second World War. No. of Identified Casualties: 23183 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 10 November , 2004 Author Share Posted 10 November , 2004 HM Trawler Renarro was lost in the Mediterranean the day before the armistice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 10 November , 2004 Author Share Posted 10 November , 2004 Oops just seen this remembrance thread has already been started in the Ships & Naval section..................can some kind moderator please delete my thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 10 November , 2004 Share Posted 10 November , 2004 It's OK Will, a nice cup of tea works wonders I've found. I put mine down to ' Senior Moments ' What's the question??? Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gord97138 Posted 10 November , 2004 Share Posted 10 November , 2004 Will: As usual-A great bit of research on your part-you can finish your tea now! gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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