Merchant Navy Day
3rd September annually has been officially designated as national Merchant Navy Day to recognize the role of the Merchant Navy in the life of the nation
|
|
The Merchant Navy is commemorated
at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London
|
all public buildings
|
|
Merchant Navy Memorial Pier Head, Liverpool |
during the two world wars 49,000 merchant seafarers lost their lives
more than 35,000 have no grave but the sea
|
Merchant Navy Memorial Marine Parade, Dover |
Merchant Navy Memorial Marine Parade, Dover |
all text, Red Ensign and Memorial photographs © Mike Ingham
this page last updated 29 September 2012
© HFM Design