Location
Currently in the Holy Martyrs Chapel, but may move position (see Cathedral Plan).
Memorial
Memorial
Memorial
Inscription
IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIRE-WATCHERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY WHO
PRESERVED THIS CATHEDRAL FROM THE ASSAULT OF THE ENEMY IN
1941-1945. ESPECIALLY OF THEIR LEADER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
RICHARD EDWARD COMBEN, WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON THIS DUTY THE
8TH APRIL 1941. PRESENTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE CATHEDRAL, 1946
PRESERVED THIS CATHEDRAL FROM THE ASSAULT OF THE ENEMY IN
1941-1945. ESPECIALLY OF THEIR LEADER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
RICHARD EDWARD COMBEN, WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON THIS DUTY THE
8TH APRIL 1941. PRESENTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE CATHEDRAL, 1946
Further Information
The inscription is carved into the side of the Firewatchers Desk which is a plain, open oak desk, usually used for the display of leaflets.
It is quite amazing that whilst the nearby Naval Dockyard suffered 67 air-raids the Cathedral itself survived unscathed.
