Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
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HMS Neptune c1914
British Navy Gunners possibly WWII.
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Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
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Boxing Match, HMS Malaya c1917
Boxing Match HMS Malaya 06.01.1921
Boxing Match HMS Malaya 06.01.1921
Navy Boxing Match c1921
Boxing Match, HMS Malaya c1917
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HMS Ganges, Shotley, Suffolk, Athletic Display c1…
War Memorial, HMS Ganges, Shotley, Suffolk
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Boxing Match probably HMS Superb, c1917
Boxing Match probably HMS Superb, c1917
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Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pi…
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Crew of HMS Havant c1939
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Royal Navy Stokers possibly from HMS Hecla
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Detail of postcard of Stokers on HMS Hecla WWI per…
Detail of postcard of Stokers on HMS Hecla WWI per…
Detail of postcard of Stokers on HMS Hecla WWI per…
Boxing Match aboard the USS Canopus c1940
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Naval Cadets, HMS Ganges, Shotley Barracks, Suffol…
Naval Cadets, HMS Ganges, Shotley Barracks, Suffol…
HMS Ganges, Shotley, Suffolk, Athletics Display c…
Young Sailor, HMS Powerful, Devonport, c1914
Sailor, from the Battlecruiser HMS Repulse c1920
RMAS Pioneer, Stokers c1915
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Detail of The Heroes of the Marine Engine Room, Pierhead , Liverpool
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Monument. 1916. By Sir William Goscombe John, originally designed to commemorate the engineers of the SS Titanic. Banded granite obelisk, 14.5 metres high rising from a pedestal set on a tall square chamfered plinth. On the east and west faces of the pedestal are carved life-size figures of the Engine Room Heroes'- stokers on the east face and engineers on the west. On the corners at the foot of the obelisk, at a level above the heads of the figures are carved representations of Water (north-west), Earth (north-east), Fire (south-east), and Air (south-west). Between these, stylised waves in low relief, from which, on each face, a rising sun emerges. At the top of the obelisk, on each face, a draped female form, depicting the sea. The figures grasp between them breech buoys, and thus form an encircling group of figures set beneath the gilded torch flame which crowns the monument. An inscription on the south face of the pedestal reads THE BRAVE DO NOT DIE/ THEIR DEEDS LIVE ON FOR EVER/ AND CALL UPON US/ TO EMULATE THEIR COURAGE/AND DEVOTION TO DUTY' On the north face, the inscription reads ALL HEROES OF THE / MARINE ENGINE ROOM/ THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY/ INTERNATIONAL SUBSCRIPTION/ MCMXVI'. HISTORY: The memorial was originally intended to commemorate the 32 engineers of the Titanic' who remained at their posts to allow the greatest number of passengers to escape from the sinking liner. However, spaces were to be left to record other heroic deeds done by sea-going engineers'. However, because of the very high loss of life at sea during the progress of the First World War, it was thought appropriate to dedicate the monument to all maritime engine room fatalities. The memorial had a considerable influence upon the design of post -1919 war memorials, particularly in respect of the portrayal of the ordinary' man or woman, rather than of members of social or military elites. It is thought to be one of the most artistically- significant memorials to the Titanic' disaster on either side of the Atlantic.
Monument. 1916. By Sir William Goscombe John, originally designed to commemorate the engineers of the SS Titanic. Banded granite obelisk, 14.5 metres high rising from a pedestal set on a tall square chamfered plinth. On the east and west faces of the pedestal are carved life-size figures of the Engine Room Heroes'- stokers on the east face and engineers on the west. On the corners at the foot of the obelisk, at a level above the heads of the figures are carved representations of Water (north-west), Earth (north-east), Fire (south-east), and Air (south-west). Between these, stylised waves in low relief, from which, on each face, a rising sun emerges. At the top of the obelisk, on each face, a draped female form, depicting the sea. The figures grasp between them breech buoys, and thus form an encircling group of figures set beneath the gilded torch flame which crowns the monument. An inscription on the south face of the pedestal reads THE BRAVE DO NOT DIE/ THEIR DEEDS LIVE ON FOR EVER/ AND CALL UPON US/ TO EMULATE THEIR COURAGE/AND DEVOTION TO DUTY' On the north face, the inscription reads ALL HEROES OF THE / MARINE ENGINE ROOM/ THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY/ INTERNATIONAL SUBSCRIPTION/ MCMXVI'. HISTORY: The memorial was originally intended to commemorate the 32 engineers of the Titanic' who remained at their posts to allow the greatest number of passengers to escape from the sinking liner. However, spaces were to be left to record other heroic deeds done by sea-going engineers'. However, because of the very high loss of life at sea during the progress of the First World War, it was thought appropriate to dedicate the monument to all maritime engine room fatalities. The memorial had a considerable influence upon the design of post -1919 war memorials, particularly in respect of the portrayal of the ordinary' man or woman, rather than of members of social or military elites. It is thought to be one of the most artistically- significant memorials to the Titanic' disaster on either side of the Atlantic.
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