40 Royal Marine Commando WW2 Tablets

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Reference WMO/250263

Address:

Royal Marines Garden of Remembrance

Eastney Esplanade

Eastney

Portsmouth

PO4 9PX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Black marble tablets mounted in low white stone wall. Gilt lettering. Outer tablets angled slightly backwards.. Coloured emblem of Royal Marines at top centre.
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'A' COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES/ LATER RENAMED/ 40 ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO/ THE FIRST ALL VOLUNTEER/ ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO/ FORMED 14TH FEBRUARY 1942/ TO UNDERTAKE SPECIAL DUTIES/ OF A HAZARDOUS NATURE/ IN MEMORY OF/ OUR 207 COMRADES WHO DIED/ MEMORIALS HAVE BEEN ERECTED/ AT SHANKLIN CHINE AND/ FORMER UPPER CHINE SCHOOL/ SHANKLIN/ ISLE OF WIGHT/ 40 ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO/ 1942 COMMANDO/ 1942-1946/ COMMEMORATING/ ALL RANKS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DIEPPE AUG 1942/ H.M.S. FIDELITY DEC 1942/ PACHINO JULY 1943/ VIBO VALANTIA SEP 1943/ TERMOLI OCT 1943/ GARIGLIANO JAN 1944/ ANZIO FEB-MAR 1944/ DALAMATION COAST: BARC MIJET MAY-JUN 1944/ SARANDE SEP-OCT 1944/ CORFU OCT 1944-FEB 1945/ RENO RIVER MAR 1945/ COMMACHIO: /MENATE APR 1945/ WENT THE DAY WELL?/ WE DIED AND NEVER KNEW/ FOR WELL OR ILL, FREEDOM WE DIED FOR YOU/ A PLAQUE TOGETHER WITH/ A REGISTER CONTAINING/ 207 NAMES AND DETAILS OF/ BURIAL HAVE BEEN PLACED/ IN THE SAFE KEEPING OF/ 40 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES/ A PLAQUE IS ALSO HOUSED IN/ ST. ANDREWS CHURCH/ CHALE/ ISLE OF WIGHT/ IN MEMORY OF 'T' COY./ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SINKING OF/ FIDELITY.

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