Cockleshell Naval Community Centre

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Reference WMO/250277

Address:

Henderson Road

Eastney

Portsmouth

PO4 9SJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other structure/building
Materials:
  • Unknown Unknown
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Brick single storey building. Tiled roof. Inscription inside building on brass plaque. Plaque is wall mounted with incised black lettering and wooden mount.
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(ON PLAQUE INSIDE BUILDING): THIS BUILDING WAS FORMALLY OPENED BY/ BILL SPARKS D.S.M./ ON 6TH JULY 1996/ AND IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE GALLANT/ MEMBERS OF THE 'COCKLESHELL HEROES' WHO/ NEVER RETURNED FROM OPERATION FRANKTON IN/ DECEMBER 1942./ THIS DATES MARKS THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION/ OF THE ROYAL MARINES BOOM PATROL DETACHMENT FROM/ WHICH THE 'COCKLESHELL HEROES' WERE DRAWN AND WHICH/ LATER BECAME THE PRESENT DAY SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE.

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