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Title
Will Adams Memorial and Clock Tower
Date
1934
Accession number
ME7_TJ_S025
Acquisition method
public subscription
Work type
Clock tower
Owner
Medway Council
Custodian
Medway Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
11th May 1934
Access
at all times
Inscription description
WILLIAM ADAMS / BORN GILLINGHAM A.D. 1564 / DIED JAPAN A.D.1620 / William Adams after service in the English / Fleet of Queen Elizabeth, embarked with a Dutch / Trading Expedition which left Texel, Holland in / 1598. Cast ashore off the coast of Japan in 1600 / he was taken into service of the Japanese/ Shogun and become his Adviser. He constructed / for the Shogun two vessels of European design and / instructed his adopted countrymen in gunnery, / geography, mathematics and the like and engaged / on their behalf in foreign trading. A monument / erected in Yokosuka perpetuates his memory / and his work for the Japanese nation. / THIS CLOCK TOWER ERECTED IN THE TOWN OF HIS BIRTH / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION WAS UNVEILED ON 11TH MAY / 1934 BY HIS EXCELLENCY TSUNEO MATSUDAIRA GCVO / JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES / ALDERMAQN S.O. SUMMERS J.P. / MAYOR OF GILLINGHAM
