Listed Building: HMS CENTURION MEMORIAL (1387247)

Monument. c1902. Granite. Polished pink granite column with elaborate finial on square base set on grey unpolished granite stepped sub-base, metal leaf motif at centre of column, and a bronze bust depicting a Centurion set into the base. Erected by "Admiral Sir C.H. Seymore, G.C.B., the Captain, Officers and Ship's Company at H.M.S. Centurion". "In memory of the officers and men of that ship who were killed or died of wounds received whilst gallantly doing their duty in the Naval Brigade, North China, 1900." "Also in memory of those officers and men who died during the commission 1897-1901". A list of casualties is given together with the following place names: Peitsang, Hsiku, Peiyangy Tientsin. (Berridge DW: Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 22). This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 20 July 2017. Selected Sources Books and journals Berridge, D W , Monuments and Memorials in the City of Portsmouth, (1984), 22 Websites War Memorials Online, accessed 20 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/102633 War Memorials Register, accessed 20 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/21439