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Historical Markers and War Memorials in United Kingdom
By Michael Herrick, August 20, 2018
Old Registry Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Bailey Court at Owengate, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Old Registry
County Court House on this Site 1588 – 1811
Rebuilt as Diocesan Registry 1822
Passed to Union Society 1935
And to University Library 1978 — — Map (db m126290) HM |
| On Silver Street at Saddler Street, on the left when traveling north on Silver Street. |
| | 1758 1968
The Durham Light Infantry
Dedicated to All
Who Served in the Regiment
And in Memory of
Those Who Gave Their Lives
In the Cause of Freedom
Faithful
( side plaque )
The Regiment’s long connection with County . . . — — Map (db m126171) HM WM |
| Near Moor Terrace just from Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 25pr Mk II Saluting Gun
Calibre 87.6mm (3.45 inch)
Range 12km (13,400 yards)
Rate of Fire 6-8 rounds per minute
Shell weight 11.3kg (25lb)
This 25 pounder is used today by The Heugh Gun Battery to fire blank charges as a . . . — — Map (db m125799) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 25pr Mk II Saluting Gun. 1942
Calibre 87.6mm (3.45 inch)
Range 12km (13,400 yards)
Rate of Fire 6-8 rounds per minute
Shell weight 11.3kg (25lb)
The 25 pounder is considered to have been one of the finest field artillery pieces . . . — — Map (db m125797) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 5.5 inch Gun Howitzer
Calibre 140mm (5.5 inch)
Range 14km (15,300 yards)
Rate of Fire 3 rounds per minute
Shell weight 36kg (80lb)
The 5.5 inch Howitzer came into service in 1942 in the Western Desert of North Africa against . . . — — Map (db m125800) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Original 6 inch Mk 24
Calibre 152mm (6 inch)
Range 23km (25,400 yards)
Rate of Fire 6 to 8 rounds per minute
Shell weight 50kg (112lb)
A 6 inch Mk 24 was mounted here and, with its powered turret, would have been about a . . . — — Map (db m125758) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Original 6 inch Mk VII
Calibre 152mm (6 inch)
Range 14km (15,700 yards)
Rate of Fire 5 to 7 rounds per minute
Shell weight 45kg (100lb)
The original gun emplaced here was a Vickers 6 inch Mk VII gun, the workhorse of 20th . . . — — Map (db m125746) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A Trophy From Sebastopol
This Cannon Was Captured From the Russian Army
At the Battle of Sebastopol
During the Crimean War (1854-56). In October, 1857
The then Secretary of State, Lord Panmure,
Offered the Cannon to Hartlepool Borough . . . — — Map (db m125833) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Bofors L/60 40mm Anti Aircraft Gun
Calibre 40mm (1.57 inch)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 7.9km (26,000 feet)
Rate of Fire 120 rounds per minute
Shell weight 0.7kg (2lb) High Explosive
The Bofors was a British version of a Swedish . . . — — Map (db m125761) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | At 7pm on 14th December 1914 Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, was told that "a battle cruiser attack on the East Coast was probably imminent", although what the precise objectives were it was impossible to say.
The SMS Seydlitz, . . . — — Map (db m125831) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | It was thought that a buoy which the German fleet used as a guide had been moved further inland and the nearness of the German ships to the coast was the salvation of the batteries. A longer range would have given a trajectory bringing a dropping . . . — — Map (db m125832) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Burney 3.7 inch Mk I Recoilless Rifle
Calibre 94mm (3.7 inch)
Range approx 1km (1090 yards)
Rate of Fire Unknown
Shell weight Unknown
The requirement for light, highly mobile anti tank weapons led to experiments with . . . — — Map (db m125767) HM |
| On England Route B1281 at Stockton Road, on the left when traveling east on State Route B1281. |
| | To the Memory
Of the Men of
This Parish Who
Gave Their Lives
In the Great War
1914 – 1918.
Thomas Hindson Biggins Pte Som. L.I. · Rowland Burdon Capt. & Flt. Comdr R.F.C. · Thomas Burns L/Cpl Durham L.I. · James Henry Francis . . . — — Map (db m125904) WM |
| On Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east on Moor Terrace. |
| | 5.25 inch Mk II Coast Defence / Anti Aircraft Gun Barrel
Calibre 133mm (5.25 inch)
Range 21km (23,400 yards)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 13km (43,000 feet)
Rate of Fire 7 to 10 rounds per minute
Shell weight 36kg (80lb)
Coast . . . — — Map (db m125744) HM |
| On W View Road at Thorpe Street, on the right when traveling west on W View Road. |
| | The ancient tidal harbour of Hartlepool had become silted up by 1800 but was the obvious port from which to ship the coal of the South Durham collieries. From 1832 the dock was scoured by using sluices to release water from the Slake at low tide. . . . — — Map (db m125901) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This Tablet Marks the Place
Where the First Shell from the
Leading German Battle Cruiser
Struck at 8:10 A.M. on the
16th of December 1914
And Also Records the Place Where
(During the Bombardment)
The First Soldier Was Killed
On . . . — — Map (db m125803) HM WM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Fv 4201 Chieftan
Armament
1x120mm LIIAS Gun – 64 rounds carried
2x7.62mm M/G - 6000 rounds carried
2x6 Barrel smoke dischargers
Crew – 4
Weight – 55 tons
Range – 450 km
Speed – 48 kph
Entered service . . . — — Map (db m125798) HM |
| Near Marina Way at Maritime Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Hartlepool Marina
Opened by
Her Majesty the Queen
On
18 May 1993 — — Map (db m125682) HM |
| On W View Road at Thorpe Street, on the right when traveling east on W View Road. |
| | Welcome to the
Headland
Ancient Borough
of Hartlepool
This Gateway Marker was erected
2001 AD to celebrate the 800th
Anniversary of the grant of a Charter by
King John to the citizens of Herterpool,
The historic Borough of . . . — — Map (db m125835) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | L6 Wombat 120mm Recoilless Rifle
Calibre 120mm (4.7 inch)
Range 1.1km (1,200 yards)
Rate of Fire 4 rounds per minute
Shell weight 12.8 kg (28lb)
The WOMBAT (Weapon Of Magnesium, Battalion Anti Tank Gun) was Britain's light . . . — — Map (db m125801) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 3.7 inch Static Mount Anti Aircraft Gun
The Malta Gun
Between 1940 and 1943 the island of Malta, "Britain's unsinkable aircraft carrier" suffered almost continuous siege in the most sustained bombing campaign of World War Two. Germany . . . — — Map (db m125760) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 3.7 inch Mk I Anti Aircraft Gun
Calibre 93.9mm (3.7 inch)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 9.7 km (31,000 feet)
Rate of Fire 10 rounds per minute
Shell weight 12.7kg (28lb)
The Vickers anti-aircraft gun was introduced to the British . . . — — Map (db m125765) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 4.5 Inch Mk III Naval & Anti Aircraft Gun
4.5 Inch Mk III
Calibre 114mm (4.5 inch)
Range 18.2 km (19,990 yards)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 9.1km (29,900 feet)
Rate of Fire 14 rounds per minute
Shell weight 25 kg (55lb)
The . . . — — Map (db m125757) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | 4.7 inch Naval / Coast Defence Gun
Calibre 120mm (4.7 inch)
Range 9km (9,900 yards)
Rate of Fire 5 to 6 rounds per minute
Shell weight 20.4 kg (45lb)
The 4.7 inch gun was the first 'modern' breech loader and was accepted into . . . — — Map (db m125766) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Naval Gun 4 inch QF Mk 4 on Mk XVI Mount 1945
Calibre 100mm (4 inch)
Range 16,300 yards
Rate of Fire 10 - 15 rounds per minute
Shell weight 31lb, 14kg
The Naval Gun 4 inch QF first appeared in 1895 with the Mark IV being . . . — — Map (db m125759) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Naval Gun Barrel 4.5 inch QF Mk III
Calibre 114mm (4.5 inch)
Range 18.2 km (19,990 yards)
Anti Aircraft Ceiling 9.1km (29,900 feet)
Rate of Fire 14 rounds per minute
Shell weight 25 kg (55lb)
In the 1930s a Naval gun was . . . — — Map (db m125745) HM WM |
| Near Marina Way at Maritime Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The PS Wingfield Castle is a unique survivor of a type of passenger vessel which once was common across Britain. She is a symbol of the technical skill of local people, both during her construction on this very spot during the great depression of . . . — — Map (db m125686) HM |
| Near Marina Way at Maritime Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | PSS Wingfield Castle
PSS Wingfield Castle is the largest exhibit at the Museum of Hartlepool. She was built here in Hartlepool by William Gray & Co and launched in 1934. She served as a passenger ferry on the River Humber with her sister ships PSS . . . — — Map (db m125689) HM |
| Near Marina Way at Maritime Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | There would be approximately 12 miles of rope on board an average frigate of the Napoleonic era.
The Standing Rigging supports the masts. It is very thick as it has to bear a great deal of weight. These ropes could be as large as 10cm . . . — — Map (db m125685) HM |
| Near Marina Way at The Highlight, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In Memory Of All Those
Who Lost Their Lives At Sea
( eleven granite tablets, set into the pavement, list the names of lost sailors ) — — Map (db m125687) HM |
| Near Marina Way at Maritime Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Shipwrecked
Fishermen & Mariners
Royal Benevolent Society
16 Wilfred Street London S.W.I.
Founded 1833 For The Alleviation Of
Every Phase Of Shipwreck Distress
Among The Seafaring Population
And Their Dependents
Over 1,000,000 . . . — — Map (db m125690) HM |
| Near Moor Terrace at Bath Terrace, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Bombardment
of the Hartlepools
This memorial commemorates all those
across the Hartlepools who were killed or wounded
due to the naval bombardment of the 16th December 1914.
At least 114 civilians, 9 soldiers and 7 sailors were . . . — — Map (db m125834) HM WM |
| On W View Road at Thorpe Street, on the right when traveling west on W View Road. |
| | Throston Engine House was built 1838-1840 to accommodate a steam winding engine which hauled the coal wagons of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway up 14 feet (4.3 metres) to the staiths of the Hartlepool Railway, at 3d (old pence) per ton of . . . — — Map (db m125902) HM |
| Near Kilburn Drive at Blackhills Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | British Coal Corporation
Horden Colliery
Shaft Ref. North
Shaft Diameter 6090 mm
Shaft Depth 438 M
Depth to top of cap from top of monument 2 M
Date of Capping Aug. 94 — — Map (db m125912) HM |
| On Front Street at unnamed road, 3 miles north of A689 in Eastgate, on the right when traveling north on Front Street. |
| | “For Home and Country”
Erected to the Memory of the
Men from this Parish who
Served in the Great War
1914 – 1918.
Those Who Fell
Richard Bell Adamson. · Robert Hodgson Adamson. · John Christopher Baty. · John Edward . . . — — Map (db m126343) WM |
| On North Terrace at Tempest Road, on the left when traveling south on North Terrace. |
| | Eleven ‘O’ One
Known locally as ‘Tommy’
was bought on Aug 4th 2014
from the public local schools
businesses and Durham County
Council. He sits here
for future generations to
visit, enjoy and remember.
By — Ray Lonsdale
Two . . . — — Map (db m125911) WM |
| On North Terrace at Tempest Road, on the left when traveling south on North Terrace. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m125907) WM |
| On Front Street (England Route A689) at Market Place (England Route B6296), on the left when traveling east on Front Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m126342) HM |
| On Front Street (England Route A689) at Market Place (England Route B6296), on the left when traveling east on Front Street. |
| | Remember
With Thanksgiving
The True and Faithful Men
Who In The Great War
Went Forth From This Parish
For God and the Right
The Names of Those
Who Returned Not Again
Are Here Inscribed
To Be Honoured For Evermore
1915 — . . . — — Map (db m126340) WM |
| | King Edward I died in Burgh-by-Sands on 7 July 1307 whilst leading a campaign against Robert the Bruce. He was laid in St. Michael's Church.
This plaque was unveiled by HRH The Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO
on 3 July to mark the . . . — — Map (db m85599) WM |
| On Silver Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling north on Silver Street. |
| | Historical Axminster
Abbeyfield
Standing opposite the Old Carpet Factory, this large house was built in 1797 to replace an earlier vicarage, which was from 1834 to 1848, the home of Reverend W.D. Conetbeare, an eminent geologist and vicar of . . . — — Map (db m123750) HM |
| On West Street (England Route A358) at Church Street, on the left when traveling south on West Street. |
| | In Grateful Memory of the
Men of Axminster
Who Died for Their
Country in The
Great War 1914 – 1918
Bertram P. Bowles · Henry A. Bruce · John S. Channing · Charles S. Chant · Francis F. Chick · William C. Chick · William A. Claybin · . . . — — Map (db m123632) WM |
| On Musbury Road at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Musbury Road. |
| | Historical Axminster
Cattle Market
A Charter was granted to the town in 1210, which included the right to hold a weekly market. The market was held in Market Square until 1834. It then moved to Trinity Square.
The Market then moved to this site . . . — — Map (db m123748) HM |
| On West Street (Route A358) at Silver Street, on the left when traveling south on West Street. |
| | In Commemoration
Of The Jubilee Of
Queen Victoria
1887 — — Map (db m123746) HM |
| On Silver Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Silver Street. |
| | Historical Axminster
Law Chambers
Standing beside the Old Carpet Factory, this double fronted house was at one time the home of Thomas Whitty. It is now occupied by a firm of solicitors.
Rotary Club of Axminster
Serving the Community for 50 . . . — — Map (db m123749) HM |
| On South Street at Cooombe Lane, on the right when traveling north on South Street. |
| | Historical Axminster
Rose Cottage
Listed Grade II Property. Thought to date from circa 1630. The last thatched property within the town. Many original features including the Old Pump within the garden frontage, timbered ceilings, cob walls, . . . — — Map (db m123747) HM |
| On Silver Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Silver Street. |
| | Historical Axminster
The Old Carpet Factory
This large grey stone building was erected in 1828 on the site of Thomas Whitty’s original carpet factory, which was destroyed by fire two years earlier.
Closed as a factory in 1835, it was used as . . . — — Map (db m123751) HM |
| On Victoria Place at West Street, on the right when traveling west on Victoria Place. |
| | The Trafalgar Way
Axminster - 9th Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat . . . — — Map (db m122166) HM |
| On Gammons Hill (Route A35) at Shute Road, on the left when traveling west on Gammons Hill. |
| | To the Glory of God and
In Honoured Memory of
The Men of Kilmington
Who Gave their Lives for
Their King and Country in
The Great War
E.W. Woodman Died 1915 · J.H. Woodman Died 1915 · L.F. Loveridge Died 1916 · W. Sanaom Died . . . — — Map (db m123752) WM |
| On The Green 0.2 kilometers north of The Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Trafalgar Way
Kilmington
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat of invasion of England . . . — — Map (db m122162) HM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Honourable Walter Annenberg
United States Ambassador
To the Court of St. James’s
Unveiled this Tablet on the
6th September 1970. This day being
The 350th Anniversary of
The Sailing of the Mayflower
Councillor Eric D. Nuttall, J.P. . . . — — Map (db m123889) HM |
| On Notte Street at Windsor Place, on the left when traveling west on Notte Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m123943) HM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Borough of Plymouth
This tablet was erected by the Plymouth Borough Council to commemorate the arrival on the 31st day of May 1919, of the American Seaplane N.C. 4, in Plymouth Sound, on the completion of the first Transatlantic Flight, and the . . . — — Map (db m123839) HM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | City of Plymouth
This Tablet Commemorates the
Departure from Plymouth in May 1839
Of the ‘Tory’, the Pioneer Ship
In the Colonisation of New Zealand
October 1939 George S. Scobia Lord Mayor — — Map (db m123907) HM |
| On Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the right when traveling south on Osborne Place. |
| | City of Plymouth
Wing Commander
Frank Bickerton
1889 – 1954
Mechanical Engineer on Mawson’s
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911 – 14)
Brought up at 9 Osborne Place
– a house on this site.
Erected by His . . . — — Map (db m123949) HM |
| On Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the right when traveling south on Osborne Place. |
| | An English Heritage Grade II* Listed Building
• Built circa 1845 during the reign of Queen Victoria, the building's original use was as two separate Merchant Traders' houses.
• Designed by the famous architect George Wightwick, a pupil of the . . . — — Map (db m123948) HM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 1826
Iron Pipes
For the Better Supply of Water to the Inhabitants and Shipping Were Commenced Being Laid at the Expence of the Corporation in the Mayorality of W.H. Hawker, Esq. — — Map (db m123892) HM |
| On Southside Street at Friars’ Lane, on the left when traveling west on Southside Street. |
| |
Merchant and Shipping Agent
Supporter of electoral reform.
Elected MP for Plymouth after the
1832 Great Reform Act.
Born, lived and worked
in this house. — — Map (db m123941) HM |
| On New Street at Stokes Lane, on the right when traveling west on New Street. |
| | Jorn Sparke House
14 New Street
John Sparke of Plymouth
Sailed With John Hawkins
On His 1564 Voyage
To the West Indies
and was
The First Englishman To
Write Descriptions of Both
The Potato and Tobacco
Later He Settled in Plymouth . . . — — Map (db m123940) HM |
| On Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the left when traveling south on Osborne Place. |
| | He Blew With His Wind And They Were Scattered
This Foundation Stone
Of a National Memorial Was Laid in the Presence of Naval, Military and Civic Representatives, by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of this Borough, Alderman H.J. Waring, Esquire, . . . — — Map (db m123785) HM |
| Near Sussex Street at Citadel Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Presented to the
Town of Plymouth by
Charles Norrington
Of Abbotsfield
In Memory of His Wife
Marianne Norrington
1891
“Thirsty And Ye Gave Me Drink” — — Map (db m123828) HM |
| On The Barbican at New Street, on the left when traveling south on The Barbican. |
| | Pilgrims
Who Sailed from Here, the Barbican, Plymouth
In 1620 in the Mayflower, 180 tons
Christopher Jones, Master
John Alden, cooper of Harwich, the first to step ashore · John Carver, merchant of Doncaster, the first Governor · Kathrine, . . . — — Map (db m123918) HM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Mayflower made its first landfall at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts on the 11th November 1620 after 66 days at sea.
There the Mayflower Compact, the first democratic document written in America, was composed and signed.
"And on . . . — — Map (db m123910) HM |
| On Elliot Street at Cliff Road, on the left when traveling south on Elliot Street. |
| | Welcome to the Plymouth Hoe
History
The Hoe dates back to the medieval era when the first settlers arrived. This was long before the exploits of Sir Francis Drake, who played bowls here while waiting for the Spanish Armada in 1588. The . . . — — Map (db m123773) HM |
| On Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the left when traveling south on Osborne Place. |
| | 1914 - 1918 1939 – 1945
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 . . . — — Map (db m123778) WM |
| On Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the left when traveling south on Osborne Place. |
| | Royal Air Force
Commonwealth & Allied Air Forces
1939 – 1945
Tribute
To All Men and Women of Great Britain
Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand
Rhodesia and South Africa.
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
France, Greece, The . . . — — Map (db m123827) WM |
| On Madeira Road at Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west on Madeira Road. |
| | English Heritage
Plymouth Royal Citadel
A bastioned artillery fortress
Construction of the Royal Citadel, designed by King Charles II's (r. 1660-85) engineer Sir Bernard de Gomme, began in 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Its guns . . . — — Map (db m123832) HM |
| On Madeira Road just from Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | “So He Passed
Over and All
The Trumpets
Sounded For
Him On The
Other Side.”
( north side )
Erected by
The Plymouth Division
Royal Marines
(Past, Present and Relatives)
To the Memory of
Their Comrades . . . — — Map (db m123831) WM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On the 6th of September, 1620, in the Mayorality of Thomas Fownes, after being “kindly entertained and courteously used by divers friends there dwelling,” the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower, in the Providence of . . . — — Map (db m123838) HM |
| On Madeira Road 0.5 kilometers east of Hoe Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The two guns situated either side of this plaque are restored ships’ cannons from the 19th century. They may have seen action during the Crimean War (1853 – 1856) or during one of the many Naval expeditions that Britain undertook during the . . . — — Map (db m123836) HM |
| On Elliot Street at Elliot Terrace, on the left when traveling south on Elliot Street. |
| | City of Plymouth
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 – 1930
Doctor, author and creator of
‘Sherlock Holmes’
In practice at 1 Durnford Street in 1882.
Lodged here with Dr Budd,
his medical partner. — — Map (db m123950) HM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | From Plymouth Sound on June 11th 1583
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
“The Father of British Colonisation”
Set Sail for Newfoundland
Which He Claimed for Queen Elizabeth I
On 5th August
This Plaque Was Unveiled by
The Honourable A. . . . — — Map (db m123905) HM |
| On Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the left when traveling south on Osborne Place. |
| | ( top plaque )
This tablet is erected to the Memory of John Smeaton F.R.S. the distinguished civil engineer who was born in 1724 and died in 1792 at Austhorpe Lodge Leeds in the County of York He designed this lighthouse and erected it on . . . — — Map (db m123783) HM |
| On Madeira Road at Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west on Madeira Road. |
| | The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR)
The CPR was designed by Alister Hardy, a fisheries biologist, in the late-1920s. The device is towed off the back of a ship in order to record variations in the abundance and distribution of plankton. . . . — — Map (db m123829) HM |
| On Madeira Road at Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west on Madeira Road. |
| | The Marine Biological Association (MBA)
The MBA is a research charity with a worldwide membership. Founded in 1884, the MBA has established itself as a leading marine biological research organisation, contributing to the work of twelve Nobel . . . — — Map (db m123830) HM |
| On Madeira Road at Hoe Road, on the right when traveling west on Madeira Road. |
| | The Aquarium of the Marine Biological Association
Until 1998, the ground floor of the Citadel Hill Laboratory was the Plymouth Aquarium. Seawater was pumped to the Aquarium from the Laboratory's underground reservoirs by gas engines. In . . . — — Map (db m123833) HM |
| On Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the left when traveling south on Osborne Place. |
| | The Plymouth Naval Memorial
This memorial commemorates officers, ranks and ratings of this Port who died a
sea during the wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945. Actions in which they
fought are recorded in the registers and on the memorial . . . — — Map (db m123779) HM WM |
| Near Osborne Place at Citadel Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Welcome to the CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial
The CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates more than 7,200 Royal Navy personnel and 75 sailors of the Royal Australian Navy who died during the First World War. Designed by Sir Robert Lorimer . . . — — Map (db m123781) HM WM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Roanoke Colonies
From Plymouth on 27th April 1584, Walter Raleigh Sent Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlow to North America to Explore & Prepare for English Colonisation On 13th July They Claimed Land In the Name of Queen Elizabeth Called Virginia . . . — — Map (db m123904) HM |
| Near Commercial Road just from The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Tolpuddle Martyrs
This Plaque, Placed Here by Members
Of the Various Trades Unions Affiliated
To the Plymouth and District Trades
Council Commemorates the Landing
Near This Spot on 18th March 1838
of
James Loveless, James Brine . . . — — Map (db m123890) HM |
| On Citadel Road at Lockyer Street, on the left when traveling west on Citadel Road. |
| | Tribute of Plymouth
To Her Glorious Dead
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
They Are In Peace
For God Proved Them
And Found Them
Worthy For Himself
Within This Shrine Is
Deposited the Roll of
Honour Inscribed With
The Names of . . . — — Map (db m123947) WM |
| On Notte Street at Windsor Place, on the left when traveling west on Notte Street. |
| | This Plaque was Unveiled on 16th May, 1990 to Commemorate the Twinning of the Cities of Plymouth and Donostia-San Sebastian
Councillor Dennis H Dicker Lord Mayor of Plymouth
Don Xabier Albistur Alcalde de la Ciudad de Donostia-San . . . — — Map (db m123944) HM |
| On Commercial Road at Lambhay Hill, on the right when traveling south on Commercial Road. |
| | Way of St James
Saint James, one of the Apostles, was martyred in AD44. Legend has it that he spent a number of years preaching in Spain and was subsequently buried there. His supposed burial site was discovered in the early 9th century and became . . . — — Map (db m123837) HM |
| Near Commercial Road at The Barbican, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This tablet was erected in 1959 by the people of Bermuda to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the wreck on a Bermuda reef of Sea Venture; Captain Christopher Newport, flagship of Admiral Sir George Somers whose fleet sailed from Plymouth Sound . . . — — Map (db m123902) HM |
| Near New Barn Road 0.6 kilometers south of Church Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | It seems likely that mute swans nested on the Fleet long before the earliest written record of 1393, which gave us the name of William Squillor - a monastery swanherd. Monks took advantage of this ready supply of fresh meat but today the ‘Game of . . . — — Map (db m123628) HM |
| On East Street just from Church Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In Remembrance
of God’s dreadful Vifitation by Fire
which Broke out the 4th June 1731,
and in few Hours reduced, not only the
Church and almoft this whole Town to Afhes
wherein 14 Inhabitants perifhed,
but also two adjacent Villages . . . — — Map (db m123576) HM |
| On East Street just from West Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | ( left panel )
To Commemorate the Self-Sacrifice
of Those Whose Names Are
Inscribed Hereon Who Gave Their
Lives for Their Country in The
Great War 1914 - 1918
Alexander C.B. · Andrews J.J. · Arnold G. · Arscott B.J. · Axford . . . — — Map (db m123575) WM |
| On East Street at Church Lane, on the left when traveling east on East Street. |
| | Jack Counter VC
Born and died in Blandford Forum
3rd November 1898 — 16th September 1970
16h April 2018 marks the centenary of the actions carried out by Private Jack Thomas Counter of the King's Liverpool Regiment near Boisieux St. Marc, . . . — — Map (db m123577) HM WM |
| On East Street at Church Lane, on the right when traveling east on East Street. |
| | Blandford Civic Society
The
Bastards’ House
Rebuilt by John
And William Bastard
in 1732 for their
occupation. — — Map (db m123578) HM |
| On West Street just from River Mews, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Battle of Blandford: defences against a German invasion in World War II “We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in . . . — — Map (db m123574) HM |
| On West Street at Market Place, on the right when traveling north on West Street. |
| | The Trafalgar Way
Blandford Forum - 12th Post-Horse Change
On Monday, 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the . . . — — Map (db m122167) HM |
| On King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south on King George V Road. |
| | Centurion Mark 12 Hull with Fv4005 Turret
This British vehicle is a Centurion tank hull fitted with a 183mm L4 gun - the biggest
direct fire gun ever mounted on a tank. It was built after the Second World War to
counter the threat of the . . . — — Map (db m123579) HM |
| Near King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Challenger I design was originally planned for the Imperial Iranian Army and was due to be named the Shir (Lion) I. With the fall of the Shah (King) in 1979, the vehicle was renamed Challenger and adopted by the British Army to replace . . . — — Map (db m123585) HM |
| Near King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | FV603B Armoured Personnel Carrier, Mark 5
The Alvis FV603 Saracen was an armoured personnel carrier and part of the FV600 series of vehicles. It first appeared in 1952 and saw action during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960).
It was later . . . — — Map (db m123587) HM WM |
| Near King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In Memory of Those Serving in the Household Cavalry Armoured Corps Who Have Died on Operations Since 1945
Take these men as your example.
Like them remember
That prosperity can only be for the free,
Who alone have the courage to defend . . . — — Map (db m123581) WM |
| On King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south on King George V Road. |
| | M4A1 Medium Tank, Grizzly Mark I
During the Second World War the Canadians built the M4A1 Sherman named 'Grizzly.' It had a few modifications including a Canadian Dry Pin Track (if you look at the tracks there is no rubber used). The Grizzly . . . — — Map (db m123580) HM WM |
| Near King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This exhibit is a fibreglass model used to create the bronze statue that now stands in Whitehall Place, London. The London statue was unveiled by the Royal Tank Regiment's Colonel in Chief, Her Majesty the Queen, on the 13th of June 2000.
The . . . — — Map (db m123583) HM WM |
| Near King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This tank had been restored to the appearance of a Mark I Churchill, belonging to the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment. The Mark I was armed with a 2-pounder high velocity anti-tank gun in the turret and a 3 inch howitzer in the hull. The Churchill . . . — — Map (db m123586) HM WM |
| Near King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Kuwait Arena
This arena was a gift from the
people of Kuwait in recognition of
the sacrifice made by soldiers
of the British Army in
the Liberation War 1990–1. — — Map (db m121954) HM WM |
| Near King George V Road at Linsay Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Thomas Edward Lawrence; born 16 August 1888, Tremadoc, North Wales - died 19 May 1935, Bovington Camp, Dorset. Known to his mother as Ned but to the rest of the world as Lawrence of Arabia.
The Tank Museum contains a display which gives various . . . — — Map (db m123584) HM WM |
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