Plaque

National Submarine War Memorial - 70th anniversary

Erection date: 1/11/1992

Inscription

{Below the main plaque there is a small one, surmounted with two dolphins, a crown and an anchor:}
National Submarine War Memorial (1922)
This plaque commemorates the memorial's seventieth anniversary and the contribution by the members of the Submariners' Old Comrades, London in their devotion to the upkeep of this memorial, unveiled by Peter P. Rigby, CBE, JP, 1st November 1992.

Site: National Submarine War Memorial (2 memorials)

EC4, Victoria Embankment

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
National Submarine War Memorial - 70th anniversary

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Submarine War Memorial - 70th anniversary

The memorial has been maintained by the Submariners' Old Comrades, London.

World War 1

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
National Submarine War Memorial - 70th anniversary

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Submariners' Old Comrades, London

Group, Armed Forces

Peter Philip Rigby, CBE, JP

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

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