Lieutenant Edward Albert Ufton

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Reference WMO/288242

Address:

Evershed Building

Abbot Beyne School

Mill Hill Lane

Winshill

Burton on Trent

DE15 0BA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Metal Bronze
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Suez Emergency and Crisis (1951-1956)
About the memorial: Rectangular bronze plaque on a wooden backboard. At top-centre of the plaque is the crest of the Royal Marines, beneath which the incised inscription is in white lettering. Beneath the plaque is an associated framed photo of the deceased, with a description of the circumstances of his death in action. In the Assembly Hall, near the Grammar School's WW1 and WW2 plaques-WMO/233518
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(Bronze plaque): IN MEMORY OF/ EDWARD ALBERT UFTON/ ROYAL MARINES/ KILLED IN ACTION/ PORT SAID, NOVEMBER 1956/ THIS PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL/ BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS (Associated framed photo; caption and text beneath): LIEUTENANT EDWARD ALBERT UFTON, ROYAL MARINES/ Ted Ufton (on left) was killed in action on 6 November 1956, during the/ assault by B Troop 40 Commando Royal Marines on the Customs shed in/ Port Said, during the Suez operation. He was aged 20.// Lieutenant Peter McCarthy (second left) leading the attack was killed when a grenade thrown in through the door bounced back. Ted Ufton/ immediately took over and armed with a Sten gun rushed down the length of/the main Customs Hall successfully shooting every one of the enemy he could/ see, but one in a side office at the far end shot him dead.// Ted Ufton lies buried in the military cemetery at Gosport, Hampshire.

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