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Liverpool
Merseyside
North West England

Pier Head (L3)

Merchant Navy Memorial

John Shimmin
1998

Description

Cenotaph with a relief of a ship and the emblem of the Merchant Navy.

Liverpool - Merchant Navy Memorial

Inscription(s)

1914-1918 1939-1945
and all

this memorial dedicated to
the merchant navy was donated
to the people of liverpool by the
liverpool retired merchant seafarers
and handed to the city by the
rt. honourable joh prescott
deputy prime minister
30th october 1998.

dedicated to the men and
women who gave their lives
willingly for the freedom
of others, and have no
grave but the sea.

they shall grow not old,
al we that are left grow old,
age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn,
at the going down of the sun,
and in the morning we will
remember them,

Signature

Sculptor

John Shimmin (b. 1933), English painter of mainly maritime seascapes

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Liverpool.

Locatie (N 53°24'13" - W 2°59'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbnw050; Photograph: 18 June 2023
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