Record

Unique IDCWGC/1/2/A/341
Alt Ref NoA/52/5 PT.3
TitleMemorial To Those With No Known Grave - Merchant Navy
DescriptionMain topics: discussions surrounding historical ownership of the Tower Hill site and the memorial site; proposal from Alderman R.J. Stranger requesting assistance from the Commission in funding and supporting proposed memorial at Holyrood, Southampton; discussions surrounding layout of Tower Hill memorial site.
Date6/1/1949 - 28/6/1950
Content NoteIncludes: Copy of "Ruins for Remembrance" information booklet outlining scheme for ruins of Holyrood Church of the Sailors, which was destroyed in the Second World War, to made into a shrine and memorial to the Merchant Navy; drawing showing site and layout of Tower Hill memorial (including 1939-1945 extension) by Edward Maufe, dated March 1950.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
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