Merchant Navy Seaman, Second World War memorial

This is one of two figurative sculptures which mark the entrance ot the 'sunken garden', a memorial to the 24,000 identified lives who were lost at sea during the Second World War (in total 32,000 lives were lost). Each of the flanking pylons represent a Merchant Navy soldier (on the east side) and an officer (on the west).  The walls of the garden are eight feet (2.4 m) high in Portland stone, to match the original memorial, with the names of the missing from the Second World War listed on 132 bronze panels fixed to the walls. The name panels circle the entire sunken garden, lining both the northern and southern walls, and the eastern and western walls. Between the two statues is large plaque which notes the years of the war (1939-1945) and carries the memorial's dedication: THE TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND OF THE MERCHANT NAVY AND FISHING FLEETS WHOSE NAMES ARE HONOURED ON THE WALLS OF THIS GARDEN GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND HAVE NO GRAVE BUT THE SEA.

本作品为两座具象雕塑之一，作为"下沉花园"的入口标识。该花园是为纪念第二次世界大战期间葬身大海的24000名已确认身份的遇难者而建（二战期间总计有32000名海员遇难）。
两侧的纪念柱分别代表商船队（Merchant Navy）士兵（立于东侧）与军官（立于西侧）。
花园围墙采用波特兰石（Portland stone）砌筑，高8英尺（2.4米），与原纪念物风格统一；墙上固定有132块青铜铭牌，镌刻着二战期间失踪人员的姓名。
这些铭牌环绕整个下沉花园，沿北、南、东、西四面围墙排布。
两座雕塑之间设有大型纪念铭牌，标注了战争年代（1939-1945），并镌刻着纪念碑的献词："名录镌刻于此花园围墙之上的两万四千名商船队与渔业船队成员，为祖国捐躯，葬身碧海，除大海之外，再无葬身之地。"