Post by Administrator on Oct 27, 2021 11:21:56 GMT
VIA: Western Approaches HQ - The Battle of the Atlantic Experience
BLACK MERCHANT SEAMEN’S MEMORIAL
This is the only memorial dedicated to the Black Merchant Sailors who served in World War Two, a stone from the Liverpool Seamen’s Hostel with a bronze plaque. It is located in Liverpool in Faulkner’s Square. It was unveiled in 1993 on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.
The plaque reads:
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO ALL BLACK MERCHANT SEAMEN WHO SERVED DURING THE 1939 – 45 WAR
“THEY HELD THEIR COURSE"
RESPECT DUE.
IT WAS JOINTLY UNVEILED BY MR. VESTY, PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH SHIPPING ORGANISATION, AND MR. B.H. SKEETE, EX-MERCHANT SEAMAN WHO SERVED DURING THE 1939 – 45 WAR, ON 27TH MAY 1993
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC"
Commissioned by the Gallery & Liverpool City Council
BLACK MERCHANT SEAMEN’S MEMORIAL
This is the only memorial dedicated to the Black Merchant Sailors who served in World War Two, a stone from the Liverpool Seamen’s Hostel with a bronze plaque. It is located in Liverpool in Faulkner’s Square. It was unveiled in 1993 on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.
The plaque reads:
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO ALL BLACK MERCHANT SEAMEN WHO SERVED DURING THE 1939 – 45 WAR
“THEY HELD THEIR COURSE"
RESPECT DUE.
IT WAS JOINTLY UNVEILED BY MR. VESTY, PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH SHIPPING ORGANISATION, AND MR. B.H. SKEETE, EX-MERCHANT SEAMAN WHO SERVED DURING THE 1939 – 45 WAR, ON 27TH MAY 1993
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC"
Commissioned by the Gallery & Liverpool City Council