Chatham Naval Memorial is a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns. The memorial is a feature of the Great Lines Heritage Park. The huge expanse of the Great Lines was in its own right a layer of defence to protect Chatham Dockyard from attack.
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I have not personally visited this site but I have been around to view it on Google maps and my interest is because my grandfather is mentioned on one of the columns as being in the Royal navy and losing his life in the battle of narvik on 13th April 1941 on HMS Eskimo as a 1st class stoker. I know he also received the Victoria Cross posthumously for his bravery and also for his country. I'm hoping one day to visit in person and pay my respects to him and all the other brave men who so bravely fought for our country and I'm so grateful to have a grandfather who is named for all to see, his name was Stanley Arthur Hamilton ♥ and I salute you and all men who lost their young lives for us to live with pride and dignity in our...
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Excellent Naval Memorial as a poignant reminder for all the lives lost at sea in the two World War's;also memorial wall has all the names of those who sacrificed their lives for the freedoms we all enjoy today.Information on board.However the memorial gates are padlocked.Great views over Chatham from memorial as well as info throughout the Great Lines Park Area on the map referring to this Memorial and other useful sites around park area.Many footpaths leading up to the Memorial and going in different directions covering Chatham,Gillingham and...
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We visited the memorial to lay a poppy tribute to my Uncle, George Lewis Day, who died at the fall of Singapore February 1942 aged just 22 years, his name appears on Panel 83 he was a Stoker 1st Class. It is a very peaceful setting but certainly brought home to us the amount of names remembered on the Obelisk and the surrounding panels of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, as the well known poem says, they gave of their tomorrows that we might have our todays. A heartfelt thank you to the fallen God bless you and may you...
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