Location:  Yeates Road, Chesil beach viewing area
 

OS Ref: 194 SY 688 730

Date: 11th November 1926,  unveiled an ex-serviceman called Pte Crispin.

IN MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 - 1918

AND OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

There are 226 names from WW1 and 106 fromWW2

HMS SIDON

Location: Yeates Road, Chesil beach viewing area
 

OS Ref:   194SY 686 730

Date: 16th June 2005   unveiled by Rear Admiral Paul Lambert

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIRTEEN WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF A HIGH TEST PEROXIDE EXPERIMENT

TORPEDO EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE SUBMARINE

HMS SIDON 16th JUNE 1955 WHEN BERTHED

ALONGSIDE THE SUBMARINE DEPOT SHIP

HMS MAIDSTONE IN PORTLAND HARBOUR

TEL C.D. CLAYTON

A/LS  D.G.  DAVIES

LS P.R.A. DOREY

AS J.R. FORD

PO L.D. MCLEOD (RCN)

LT CR (E) J.K. NEEDHAM

M (E) 1 R.H. PEAKE

A/L CK (S) P.J.W. RICE

LT J.M.W. RYCROFT

LCK C. SMITH

STD J.R. SUNDERLAND

AB D.P. WAITE

Surg LT C.E. RHODES Albert Medal

On 16th June 1955 the submarine HMS Sidon was in Portland Harbour alongside HMS Maidstone, 56 crew were onboard. The submarine was about to test torpedoes fuelled by HTP when the fuel of one torpedo exploded. The blast was followed by fire and toxic gases and the submarine then sank. 13 crew were killed and are buried in Portalnd Cemetery.