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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    HMS Glengyle

    Honours Board

    Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

    1/2

    Current Location

    in first floor gallery, Maryport Maritime Museum, Senhouse Street, Maryport, Allerdale, Cumbria, CA15 6AB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NY 03419 36537

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    70677
    Description
    Firstly there is a wooden war honours board, secondly there is a Brass Plaque on wooden backboard giving full details of the wartime career of the ship.
    Inscription
    HONOURS BOARD-GLENGYLE Column 1 BARDIA APRIL 1941 RAPHINA MAY 1941 LITANI RIVER JUNE 1941 ORAN NOV 1942 SALERNO SEPT 1943 Column 2 RAPHITIS MAY 1941 SPHAKIA MAY 1941 DIEPPE AUG 1942 PACHINO JUL 1943 ANZIO JAN 1944 HISTORY PLAQUE- GLENGYLE/WORLD WAR/1939-1945/ 1940 CONVERTED AND COMMISSIONED AS INFANTRY LANDING SHIP/ FEBRUARY 1941-FORMED PART OF FORCE ‘Z’ AND PROCEEDED TO MEDITTERANEAN/CARRYING OUT A RAID ON BARDIA IN APRIL AND LATER THE SAME MONTH TAKING/PART IN OPERATION ‘DEMON’-THE EVACUATION OF GREECE/MAY-LANDED A BATTALION OF TROOPS IN CRETE AND LATER TOOK PART IN THE/EVACUATION-JUNE-OPERATION ESCORTER-LANDED TROOPS IN SYRIA/JANUARY 1942-FORMED PART OF CONVOY MF2 FOR THE RELIEF OF MALTA/AND OF CONVOY ME9 MALTA TO ALEXANDRIA-RETURNING TO THE UNITED-/KINGDOM IN APRIL-NOVEMBER OPERATION ‘TORCH’-THE INVASION OF NORTH/AFRICA/JULY 1943-OPERATION ‘HUSKY’THE INVASION OF SICILY-IN THE SAME MONTH-/FORMED PART OF CONVOY MEF 36 FROM MALTS TO EGYPT FLYING BROAD/PENNANT OF COMMODORE OF THE CONVOY/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER-OPERATIONAL VOYAGES BETWEEN EGYPT, TRIPOLI, ALGIERS/AND MALTA ON OCTOBER 7TH HOISTED FLAG OF NAVAL COMMANDER FORCE ‘A’/PROCEEDING TO BOMBAY IN CONVOY-DECEMBER-FORMED PART OF FORCE ‘G’ AND/RETURNED TO THE MEDITTERANEAN/JANUARY 1944-TOOK PART IN OPERATION ‘SHINGLE’-THE LANDING AT ANZIO/MAY-TRANSPORTED UNITS TO CORSICA/JUNE 1944-APRIL 1945/REFITTING AT LIVERPOOL/JULY-SAILED FOR INDIA VIA THE MEDITERRANEAN-AND IN AUGUST TOOK PART/IN OPERATION ‘ARMOUR’-THE TRANSPORT OF NO. 13 COMMANDO BRIGADE/AND NO. 132 SPITFIRE SQUADRON TO HONG KONG/SEPTEMBER-EVACUATED 600 INTERNED BRITISH FROM HONG KONG TO MADRAS
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    Components

    Board

    Height: 620mm

    Width: 1030mm

    Depth: 20mm


    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Height: 350mm

    Width: 330mm

    Depth: 5mm


    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Good


    Backboard

    Height: 380mm

    Width: 360mm

    Depth: 20mm


    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    • http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205121692 (for photos of the ship)