Memorial

Royal Marines - Tablet

cGeoff Haywood1 2010

Source: Copyright Geoff Haywood

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Current Location

South coast walk above Chapmans Pool north of St Albans Head,, Emmetts Hill, Worth Matravers, Purbeck, Dorset, BH19 3LL, England

SY 95891 76828

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 48840
Description: Two stone tablets fronting a rough stone cairn built as part of a purbeck stone wall. Raised on a terraced semi circular garden, with a table and bench seats on two sides. Royal Marines badge on tablet. Small plaque (typed on paper and cased) added to the surrounding garden.
Inscription: Upper Tablet: THE TABLE AND THE BENCHES/ HAVE BEEN BUILT BY THE/ ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION/ DORSET BRANCH TO THE MEMORY/ OF ALL ROYAL MARINES KILLED/ 1945 1990/ ROYAL MARINES/ SCHOOL OF/ MUSIC/DEAL/ FALKLANDS/ NORTHERN/ IRELAND/ MIDDLE/ AND/ FAR EAST/" REST AWHILE AND REFLECT/ THAT WE WHO ARE LIVING CAN/ ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE/ SEA AND COUNTRYSIDE" Lower Tablet: This plaque is dedicated to all ROYAL MARINES who have died in the Service of their Country since 1990 Additional plaque: Royal Marines of the 40 Commando killed in Afghanistan in 2008. (exact wording unknown)

Maker(s): Colin Dishington, Designer
Hoare Bank's Stonemason of Bournemouth
Costs: £3000+
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2010: Plaque added for those Royal Marines killed in Afghanistan in 2008. 2006: A new plague was placed underneath the original one to commemorate those killed since 1990. JAN 1999: Former three-bar wooden rail fence replaced by stone wall.