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    Memorial

    40 Royal Marines Commando, Portsmouth - WW2

    40 Royal Marines Commando 1942-1946 Memorial Tablets

    Source: Copyright Martin Briscoe

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    Current Location

    Located within Royal Marines Memorial Garden (IWM 40520). The garden is located at east end of former Parade Ground, the site being formerly the Royal Marines Museum, Royal Marines Memorial Garden, Eastney Esplanade, Eastney, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 9XE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SZ 66721 98854

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    Type of Memorial
    Wall
    WMR Reference Number
    40522
    Description
    Three black marble tablets mounted onto front of low stone wall. The left and right panels are angled slightly backwards from the central panel. The inscription on tablets is in gold lettering: the 40 Commando emblem on each side of coloured Royal Marines Corps crest is at the top of the central tablet.
    Inscription
    Left tablet: 'A' COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES/ LATER RENAMED/ 40 ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO/ THE FIRST ALL VOLUNTEER/ ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO/ FORMED 14th February 1942/ TO UNDERTAKE SPECIAL DUTIES/ OF A HAZARDOUS NATURE/ IN MEMORY OF/ OUR 207 COMRADES WHO DIED/ MEMORIALS HAVE BEEN ERECTED/ AT SHANKLIN CHINE AND/ FORMER UPPER CHINE SCHOOL/ SHANKLIN/ ISLE OF WIGHT Central tablet: 40 ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO/ 1942 – 1946/ COMMEMORATING/ ALL RANKS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DIEPPE Aug 1942/ HMS FIDELITY Dec 1942/ PACHINO July 1943/ VIBO VALANTIA Sept 1943/ TERMOLI Oct 1943/ GARIGLIANO Jan 1944/ ANZIO Feb-Mar 1944/ DALMATION COAST:/ BRAC: MILJET May-Jun 1944/ SARANDE Sept-Oct 1944/ CORFU Oct 1944-Feb 1945/ RENO RIVER Mar 1945/ COMMACHIO: /MENATE Apr 1945/ WENT THE DAY WELL?/ WE DIED AND NEVER KNEW/ FOR WELL OR ILL, FREEDOM WE DIED FOR YOU Right tablet: A PLAQUE TOGETHER WITH/ A REGISTER CONTAINING/ 207 NAMES AND DETAILS OF/ BURIAL HAVE BEEN PLACED/ IN THE SAFE KEEPING OF/ 40 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES/ A PLAQUE IS ALSO HOUSED IN/ St ANDREWS CHURCH/ CHALE/ ISLE OF WIGHT/ IN MEMORY OF 'T' Coy/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SINKING OF/ HMS FIDELITY
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    War
    Regimental Memorials
    Maintenance History
    Unknown

    Previous Location(s)

    Royal Marines Memorial Garden, Royal Marines Museum, Eastney Esplanade, Eastney, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO4 9PX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SZ 66721 98854

    Custodian
    Parks and Recreation Department

    Components

    Wall

    Height: 1200 mm

    Width: 1640 mm

    Depth: 350 mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Tablets

    Made from: Marble - Black


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Made from: Marble, Stone


    Condition: Unknown


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    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    250263

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