Cenotaph Jamestown

The Cenotaph was unveiled in 1928 to commemorate those Saint Helenians who died in WW1. The plaque was amended to add those that died in WW2.

"The Glorious Dead
1914-1918
1939-1941"

"The Great War
George Edward Scipio
James Basset Graham
Henry Seale
James Edwin Nathaniel Joshua
James Robert Moyce
Cavella Gray.

Second World War
Richard Charles Lawrence
Joseph Nathaniel Maggott
Michael Walker Henry
Sydney Samuel Leg
Mervyn Mainwaring
Bertram Charles Benjamin"

A plaque has been added to the Jamestown Cenotaph to commemorate the 41 men who died aboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Darkdale on the 22nd October 1941 after being torpedoed by U-68 in James Bay, Saint Helena, within site of the Cenotaph. Only the Captain and 6 others who were ashore at the time survived.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward (1, 2), Anthony (Sharky) Ward (3, 4)