- Type of Memorial
- Stone of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 26370
- Description
- The memorial consists of a block of stone from the Falklands placed in the centre of a circle of crushed stones. . On each face is a bronze plaque noting the four elements of the Task Force with Poole connections. Below those at the sides for the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines is a further plaque outlining (to the left) the role played by these forces and (to the right) the history of the memorial itself.. Below those at the front and back for the Royal Artillery and Combined Operations is a smaller plaque saying Falkland Square.
(This is a replacement of the original memorial which was of stone with a plaque.)
- Inscription
- THIS SQUARE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE /IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ROYAL MARINES, /ROYAL ARTILLERY, COMBINED /OPERATIONS AND THEIR PARENT /UNITS BASED IN ROYAL MARINES/ POOLE WHO TOOK PART IN THE /LIBERATION OF THE FALKLAND /ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES APRIL /TO JUNE 1982.
ARGENTINA INVADED AND OCCUPIED /THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ON APRIL /2ND 1982. THE UK GOVERNMENT AND /MOD RESPONDED BY LAUNCHING A /NAVAL TASK FORCE OVER 8,000 MILES,/ WHICH RECAPTURED THE ISLANDS BY /JUNE 14TH 1982 AT THE COST OF 255 /LIVES OF BRITISH SERVICEMEN AND /MANY MORE PHYSICALLY AND /MENTALLY INJURED.
THIS MEMORIAL RECOGNISES THE /TOWN'S LINKS TO UNITS IN ROYAL /MARINES POOLE IN 1982 AND SERVES /TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE HERITAGE OF /THOSE LINKS, PROVIDING A FOCUS OF/ REMEMBRANCE IN YEARS TO COME.
THIS MEMORIAL STONE IS QUARTZITE /AND WAS CUT FROM PONY'S PASS/ QUARRY IN EAST FALKLAND AND/ TRANSPORTED BY SEA, COURTESY OF/ THE ROYAL NAVY, VIA SOUTHAMPTON, TO /POOLE. THE STONE WAS PREPARED BY /HAYSOM PURBECK STONE AND THE PANELS WERE ENGRAVED BY WRES LTD./
PERMISSION TO ERECT THE MEMORIAL WAS KINDLY GRANTED BY BCP COUNCIL./
LEGAL & GENERAL, AS OWNERS OF THE /DOLPHIN SHOPPING CENTRE, KINDLY /COVERED THE COSTS OF THE MEMORIAL PROJECT, /WHICH WAS PURSUED BY THE /ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION, POOLE AND DISTRICT.
DATE 14TH JUNE 2023
WORDS ON ORIGINAL MEMORIAL:
BOROUGH OF POOLE/ FALKLAND SQUARE/ THIS SQUARE IS DEDICATED/ TO THOSE WHO TOOK PART/ IN THE LIBERATION OF/ THE FALKLAND ISLANDS/ APRIL TO JULY 1982/ FALKLAND SQUARE
