Royal Marines Musicians killed in Deal Bombing

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Reference WMO/281198

Address:

Commissioner's Garden

Main Gate Road

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Chatham

ME4 4TY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Garden
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Flora and Fauna (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Northern Ireland
About the memorial: A square garden surrounded by a hedge. Divided into four symmetrical plots by gravel paths with a sundial in the middle. The gnomon is in the shape of a musician dipping the flag and the inscription is around the edge of the dial. There are of course other memorials at Deal. I have made many entries on this website. This is the first time I have known one of the victims - I taught him.
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Around the dial of the sundial:- THIS GARDEN OF COMMISSIONER'S HOUSE WAS REPLANTED IN MEMORY OF THE ROYAL MARINES KILLED AT DEAL 22 SEPTEMBER 1989

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