Bristol's Lasting Tribute to Merchant Navy Sailors ; the Inscription Etched in Bronze Reads: 'In War and Peace They Plied Their Trade, Over the Angry Seas, Remember Them As Here You Stand Beneath These Placid Trees'.

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › October 14, 2008

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The inscription etched in bronze reads: "In war and peace they plied their trade, over the angry seas, remember them as here you stand beneath these placid trees".

More than 200 relatives of seamen who lost their lives in the Merchant Navy saw their loved ones' names added to Bristol's tribute to the servicemen yesterday.

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Bristol's Lasting Tribute to Merchant Navy Sailors ; the Inscription Etched in Bronze Reads: 'In War and Peace They Plied Their Trade, Over the Angry Seas, Remember Them As Here You Stand Beneath These Placid Trees'.

A further 34 plaques were unveiled on the memorial in Welsh Back, adding to the 71 placed there in two pre...

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