Monument Royal Naval Reserve

De tekst op het monument is:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE & ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTARY RESERVE SERVING IN THE AUXILIARY PATROL & MINESWEEPERS AT HARWICH WHO DIED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES THAT THE SEAS MIGHT BE MADE FREE

Twilight and evening bell
and after that the dark!
and there be no sadness of farewell,
when I embark;

for tho' from out our bourne of time and place
the flood may bear me far.
I hope to see my pilot face
when I have crossed the bar.

THE BROTHER OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE HARWICH
AUXILIARYPATROL AND MINESWEEPERS SUBSCRIBED TO ERECT THIS MEMORIAL IN REMEMBRANCHE OF THEIR COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

Op het monument zijn twee plaquettes bevestigd met de namen van 127 bemanningsleden van 15 schepen.

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Gebruikte bron(nen)

• Tekst: Arjan Vrieze
• Foto's: Arjan Vrieze