Plaque

St Peters Church - Arandora Star

Erection date: 4/11/1960

Inscription

In Memoria dei periti nell'affondamento dell'arandora star
2 luglio 1940 . . . . . il ricordo che é vivo nel cuore dei parenti, dei superstiti e colonia italiana
4 Novembre 1960

Translates as:}
In memory of those who perished in the sinking of the Arandora Star, 2 July 1940 . . . Their memory lives on in the hearts of their relatives, the survivors, and the Italian colony.
4 November 1960

This carved memorial shows 3 drowning men reaching up to the cross from the waves/shroud on which is inscribed the text. It was erected 20 years after the disaster, on the anniversary of the end of WW1 in Italy.

Site: St Peters Church - Arandora Star (3 memorials)

EC1, Clerkenwell Road, St Peter's Church

We visited this site on a sunny Sunday morning - a short bike ride in reality but more like hundreds of miles to a quiet Italian town: the church; the delicatessen next door; three-generation families; dumpy old dears in black; arrogant, chic young people; all socialising before church - the sights and sounds of Italy on a London street.

The two war memorials were erected on 4 November, the date, in 1918, on which the war ended for Italy, when Austria-Hungary surrendered to Italy. They are both in the large porch of the church, with the Arandora Star carving above the war memorial. The plaque about the church can be seen in our photo on the street frontage.

Our thanks to Cathy Surowiec who provided the translations for us.

St Peter's Italian Catholic Church (Chiesa Italiana di San Pietro) website. The annual Procession in Honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has run every year since the 1880s and was the first such Roman Catholic celebration to be allowed following centuries of repression.

Credit for this entry to: Cathy Surowiec

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Peters Church - Arandora Star

Subjects commemorated i

Arandora Star

Deporting Italian and German prisoners of war the cruise ship was between Liv...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Peters Church - Arandora Star

Also at this site i

St Peters Church

St Peters Church

St Peter’s Italian Church – 1863 In 1845 St Vincent Pallotti a R.C. priest a...

Read More

St Peters Church - WW1 and WW2

St Peters Church - WW1 and WW2

2020: Initially 'Anno VI' defeated us but Gianni Patratti wrote via Facebook ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Sir Arthur Eddington

Sir Arthur Eddington

SE3, Bennett Park, 4

Sir Arthur Eddington O.M., 1882 - 1944, mathematician and astrophysicist, lived here. Greater London Council

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
J. R. D. Braham

J. R. D. Braham

NW2, Hendon Way, 139

Wing Commander J. R. D. 'Bob' Braham, 1920 - 1974, RAF fighter pilot, lived here as a boy. English Heritage

War dead | WW2
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
King George VI Memorial Garden

King George VI Memorial Garden

N22, Wood Green High Road

Borough of Wood Green. King George VI Memorial Garden. This garden was provided by public subscription as a memorial to his late Majesty,...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
George Borrow

George Borrow

SW7, Hereford Square, 22

LCC George Borrow 1803-1881, author, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Anthony Green

Anthony Green

NW5, Lissenden Gardens, Lissenden Mansion

Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Anthony Green, R.A., artist, lived here from 1939 to 1990. Awards for all.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator