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Title
Leading Seaman Magennis VC Memorial
Date
1999
Medium
bronze & Portland stone
Accession number
BT1_MO_S011
Acquisition method
commissioned by Belfast City Council
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Belfast City Council
Custodian
Belfast City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
8th October 1999
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on the south side of the memorial there is an engraving of the Victoria Cross
Inscription description
plaque on the base surrounding the memorial: This tribute to / Leading Seaman James J. Magennis V.C. / was unveiled by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor, Councillor Robert Stoker / on Friday 8th October 1999. / it was commissioned by Belfast City Council / with assistance from the National Lottery Arts Fund / Sculptor: Elizabeth Linton McLaughlin; on the face of the memorial: THIS MEMORIAL / HONOURS BELFAST MAN AND FORMER / HMS GANGES BOY (1935 DJX 144907 / LEADING SEAMAN / MAGENNIS / WHO WHILE SERVING AS THE DIVER / IN HM SUBMARINE XE111 / WAS AWARDED THE / VICTORIA CROSS / FOR A FEAT OF OUTSTANDING COURAGE / AND ENDURANCE IN A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK / AGAINST THE JAPANESE HEAVY CRUISER / TAKAO, IN THE JAHORE STRAIGHT OFF / SINGAPORE ON 31 ~ JULY 1945 / HE RECEIVED HIS DECORATION / FROM KING GEORGE VI AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE / ON 11 ~ DECEMBER 1945; around the base of the memorial: JAMES JOSEPH MAGENNIS VC / 1919 ~ 1986; on the south side of the memorial there is an engraving of the Victoria Cross
