Erection date: 21/8/1929
Samuel Plimsoll, born 1824 - died 1898. Erected by the members of the National Union of Seamen, in grateful recognition of his services to the men of the sea of all nations.
Note the charming seahorse design at the bottom of the railings. Â have some more information about this memorial.
SW1, Victoria Embankment
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Plimsoll
Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Plimsoll
Sculptor. Â Born Switzerland in an English family. Â Seems to have specialised ...
{On the marble memorial plaque:} In loving memory of Martin Dinnegan, our beloved son, a dear brother and friend. Your life was taken sud...
The motivating force behind this memorial, the first to the tragedy, erected 38 years after the event, was historian and writer Richard J...
On the south side of the monument is a simple crest with three roses and a chevron inverted with the Latin text "Detur Gloria Soli Deo" (...
The shield (showing the Port of London seal) above the text is surmounted by a galleon and supported on either side by gryphon-type creat...
The panel facing the road has no letters left at all, only the holes in which the letters were fixed but from these it is, surprisingly, ...
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