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Title
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Date
1924
Medium
Portland stone ashlar, copper & bronze
Accession number
PO5_MP_S031
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Portsmouth City Council
Custodian
Portsmouth City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
25/09/72
Access
at all times
Inscription description
bronze plaque to the south: IN HONOUR OF THE NAVY / AND TO THE ABIDING MEMORY / OF THESE RANKS AND / RATINGS OF THIS PORT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES IN THE DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE AND / HAVE NO OTHER GRAVE THAN THE SEA / AND THEIR COMRADES OF AUSTRALIA / SOUTH AFRICA NEWFOUNDLAND INDIA PAKISTAN / CEYLON FIJI GOLD COAST HONG KONG KENYA / MALAYA NIGERIA SIERRA LEONE AND BURMA / WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED: stone plaque with a naval crown and the inscription: 1914-1918 1939-1945 / ALL THESE WERE HONOURED IN THEIR GENERATIONS / AND WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES’.