From Wikipedia
The Tower Hill Memorial is a national war memorial on the
south side of Trinity Square Gardens, just to the north of the Tower of London.
It commemorates those from the Merchant Navy and fishing fleets who died during
both world wars and have "no grave but the sea".
The First World War memorial takes the form of a vaulted
corridor, 21.5 metres long, 7 metres wide and 7 to 10 metres high. Inside are
12 bronze plaques engraved with 12,000 names. It was opened by Queen Mary on 12
December 1928. The Second World War memorial takes the form of a semi-circular
sunken garden located behind the corridor, to its north. It contains the names
of 24,000 British seamen and 50 Australian seamen, listed on the walls of the
sunken garden. In the centre of the garden is a pool of bronze, engraved with a
compass pointing north. The First World War memorial was designed by Edwin
Lutyens and the Second World War memorial by Sir Edward Maufe
Between the two memorials are two columns with statues
representing an officer (western column) and a seaman (eastern). This was
designed by Charles Wheeler. The second part of the memorial was opened by
Queen Elizabeth II on 5 November 1955.
The main inscription, located in between the two columns,
reads
THE TWENTY-FOUR
THOUSAND OF THE MERCHANT NAVY AND FISHING FLEETS WHOSE NAMES ARE HONOURED ON
THE WALLS OF THIS GARDEN GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND HAVE NO GRAVE
BUT THE SEA.
The original article can be found at the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Hill_Memorial
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