WW1 Sailor - Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
N 51° 42.725 W 005° 02.050
30U E 359466 N 5730974
Milford Haven World War I Memorial- Unveiled on 3rd May 1924. Features sculpture of Servicemen dressed in period military uniforms. Located overlooking Milford Sound, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMW608
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/14/2017
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The Milford Haven War Memorial stands in a quiet location in a small park overlooking the Haven Estuary (Milford Sound)
The Memorial features several sculptures, including a Sailor, dressed in period WW1 Uniform. Posed at ease, resting on his rifle, standing on the memorial steps facing East, looking in the direction of the naval base at Pembroke Dock
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"The contract for the building of the main War Memorial was awarded to Evan Jones, Mason, of Llanybyther in 1923, but by Armistic Day that year only the base had been completed. The Milford Haven Docks Company then supplied the granite blocks for the base, and the white marble figures were carved in Italy.
The obelisk with the names engraved were completed by Evan Jones, and the complete memorial was assembled, ready for its unveiling ceremony on 26 April 1924, by General Sir Ivor Philipps, Bart, K.C.B., D.S.O., in attendance with Private Hubert 'Stokey' Lewis, V.C.
During the Second World War, four bronze plaques bearing the names of those killed were added to the memorial, and were unveiled in 1949. In 1987 a further plaque was installed, to commemorate the life of one local man killed during the Korean War, and in 2008 the name of Sergeant Edward Collins was added, who was killed with 22 S.A.S.," Text Sources: (
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