Coastal Forces Veterans Association Memorial - Bury, UK
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N 53° 35.332 W 002° 18.064
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This memorial is in the form of a stainless steel model of a torpedo on a rock behind a a low wall and commemorates the coastal forces who used torpodes to defend the shores of the United Kingdom.
Waymark Code: WM17RE6
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/28/2023
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The town of Bury was chosen as the site for this memorial because it was invented by Robert Whitehead a Bury resident from a prominent family. It stands in a garden area donated to the Town of Bury by one of his relations, Henry Whitehead.
There are three plaques on the wall in front of the torpedo.
Left hand plaque
A TRIBUTE TO
ROBERT WHITEHEAD
(1823-1905)
A MEMBER OF THE WHITEHEAD FAMILY OF BURY
HE INVENTED THE TORPEDO
HIS DAUGHTER AGATHA VON TRAPP WAS THE
GRANDMOTHER OF THE CHILDREN WHOSE
ESCAPADES WERE FEATURED IN THE FILM
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
The centre plaque
this plaque shows the badge of 'COASTAL FORCES VETERANS ASSOCIATION' that has a ship in the middle. Below this is the legend 'EAST LANCASHIRE BRANCH'
Right hand plaque
ROLL OF HONOUR
ENSHRINED IN THIS TORPEDO ARE
THE NAMES OF OFFICERS AND RATINGS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING
SERVICE IN THE COASTAL FORCES
BRANCH OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN
WORLD WAR II
1939-45
"LET LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM."
THE FULL INVENTORY IS CONTAINED
IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
WHICH IS ON DISPLAY IN BURY PARISH
CHURCH
Date of Dedication: 04/01/1997
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: The memorial is in the centre of the triangular gardens with entrances on Manchester Road, Knowsley Street and the junction of the two
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Location of waymark:
Tower Gardens
Junction of Manchester Road and Knowlsey Street
Bury, Greater Manchester United Kingdom
BL9 0ST
Commemoration: OFFICERS AND RATINGS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING SERVICE IN THE COASTAL FORCES BRANCH OF THE ROYAL NAVY
Access times: Not listed
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