7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery Royal Artillery

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Reference WMO/252225

Address:

RM Condor

Battenberg Road

Arbroath

DD11 3SJ

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stone of remembrance
Materials:
  • Metal Iron
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Falklands Conflict (1982)
  • Northern Ireland
About the memorial: Marble tablets mounted on a large basalt rock. one with the dedication, the other with the names. Part of this memorial consists of a trophy from the Falklands War. "ARGENTINIAN 105MM RACK HOWITZER This gun was used by the Argentinians during the Falklands War in 1982. It was part of a battery of guns located on Sapper Hill to the West of Port Stanley, at the end of the hostilities. 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery R.A. were tasked with clearing the Argentinians gun position. This gun was one of only two that was still able to fire. The remaining 10 guns were severely damaged by the concentrated fire from the guns of 23 Commando Regiment R.A. However this gun did not get away unscathed. There is shrapnel damage to the trail section."
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Tablet 1- IN MEMORY OF/THOSE RANKS FROM/7 (SPHINX) COMMANDO/BATTERY RA/KILLED ON OPERATIONS/"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" Tablet 2-NORTHERM IRELAND OP BANNER/[name]/AFGHANISTAN OP HERRICK 5/[names]/AFGHANISTAN OP HERRICK 9/[name]

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