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Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy Memorial

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Commemorative obelisk for seafarers lost in conflicts at sea. It is the first time Ipswich, with its rich merchant navy history stretching back more than 1,000 years, has had a memorial dedicated to the merchant seamen who lost their lives at sea in wartime.
Title

Merchant Navy Memorial

Date

2013–2014

Medium

granite

Accession number

IP4_TJ_S227

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Merchant Navy Association Ipswich

Work type

Obelisk

Owner

Ipswich Borough Council 

Custodian

Ipswich Borough Council 

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

13 April 2014

Access

at all times

Inscription description

front face: DEDICATED TO ALL / SEAFARERS WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES IN / CONFLICTS AT SEA / AND FOR WHOL THERE / ARE NO KNOWN GRAVES / SAVES THOSE OF THE / OCEAN. / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM; side: A.CLARKE MEMORIALS / MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION IPSWICH; rear face: LOST TO THE / CRUEL SEA, WHICH WAS / MADE EVEN / MORE CRUEL BY MAN; second side: MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION IPSWICH

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