ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Plaques & Memorials

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Memorial Unit Date Country Location Notes Inscription
Petersfield War Memorial (7) Royal Marines United Kingdom Hampshire Percy Gordon Marsh Marine PO/2260
Plymouth Division War Memorial ( 1 ) Royal Marines UK Plymouth Memorial located on Plymouth Hoe, Devon. It is a bronze figure of St. George flanked by two Royal Marine figures. The Memorial was unveiled 8 November, 1921, by Earl Fortescue, Lord Lieutenant of Devon. Inscription: So he passed over, and all the Trumpeters sounded for Him, on the other side
Plymouth Division War Memorial ( 2 ) Royal Marines UK Plymouth Memorial located on Plymouth Hoe, Devon. It is a bronze figure of St. George flanked by two Royal Marine figures. The Memorial was unveiled 8 November, 1921, by Earl Fortescue, Lord Lieutenant of Devon.
Plymouth Division War Memorial ( 4 ) Royal Marines UK Plymouth Memorial located on Plymouth Hoe, Devon. It is a bronze figure of St. George flanked by two Royal Marine figures. The Memorial was unveiled 8 November, 1921, by Earl Fortescue, Lord Lieutenant of Devon. ( See image for extract from Globe & Laurel ).
Plymouth Naval Memorial ( 1 ) Royal Marines UK Plymouth See image information
Plymouth Naval Memorial ( 2 ) UK Plymouth This statue of a Royal Marine Commando ( Sculptor Sir Charles Wheeler ) forms part of the Plymouth Naval Memorial
Plympton War Memorial Church of St Maurice RMLI RM UK Devon Ply/2974 Pte John Axworthy & Ply/x146 Sgt Ernest R S Rowse
Port Issac & St. Endellion War Memorials Royal Marines United Kingdom Cornwell Albert Keat aka Bert Marine PLY/X 3488, H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Royal Marines. Died at sea 5 April 1942. Aged 21. Born 8 February 1921 in Port Isaac, Cornwall. Son of Albert Edwin and Lilian Florence Keat, of Port Isaac, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 74, Column 3
Port-en-Bessin, France 47 Commando RM France Port-en-Bessin Memorial to 47 Commando RM who captured the port on 7 June, 1944
Portchester memorial 1914-1919, 1939-1945 United Kingdom St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hants WW1: Gunner George H Cooper, RMA/7267. WW2: Sgt George Edward Allison, PO/X 1752; Bandmaster 1st class Arthur Charles Black, RMB/1611; Musc William James Branchflower, RMB/484; Musc Frederick Brown, RMB/2362; Mne Henry William Bullock, PO/X 546; Mne Basil Samuel Creswell Cook, PO/X 2624; Sgt Reginald William Palmer, PO/X 1063; Mne Harold York Patten, PO/X 101730; Sgt Frederick Henry Preston, PO/21824; Mne William Ebenezer Whale, PO/X 648. This memorial is unusual in having more WW2 than WW1 casualties. To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of the following who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. This tablet is erected in their honour, "Their name liveth for evermore". Live thou for England, we for England died. Includes: WW1; George H Cooper, Gunner, RMA. WW2: George Edward Allison; Arthur Charles Black; William James Branchflower; Frederick Brown; Henry William Bullock; Basil Samuel Creswell Cook; Reginald William Palmer; Harold York Patten; Frederick Henry Preston; William Ebenezer Whale.
Portsmouth Cathedral Royal Marines United Kingdom Portsmouth Memorial is a small granite plaque in a wooden frame standing at ground level in front grounds of Portsmouth Cathedral, Old Portsmouth, Hampshire
Portsmouth Cathedral Cross 1914-1918, 1939-1945 United Kingdom St Thomas's Cathedral, Old Portsmouth, Hants Pte Frederick Stewart Aspinall, RMLI, PO/12580; Pte Alexander George Bain, RMLI, PO/7542 (RMR/PO/B/1024); Pte Horace Robert Brown, RMLI, PO/1429(S); Cpl Robert Lewis Gooch, RMLI, PLY/16852; Pte Thomas Henry Kitchingham, RMLI; Lieut James Frederick Sutcliffe, RMLI, Portsmouth Bn; Col Sgt James John Welch, RMLI, PO/12543 To the Glory of God and the immortal memory of those who went forth for us to fight and die for freedom and honour and peace in the Great War, 1914-1918. Includes: F S Aspinall; A G Bain; H R Brown; R L Gooch; T H Kitchingham; J F Sutcliffe; J J Welch. No RMs for WW2.
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW1_A 1914-1920 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Pte Henry Adams, RMLI, PLY/1773(S); Bdr George Edward Alderman, RMA/10119; Pte Frederick Ames (served as Frederick Warren), RMLI, PO/10020; Pte William John Amey, RMLI, PO/15312; Cpl Charles Mark Ash, RMA/4314; Sgt Charles Edward Ashman, RMLI, PO/15163; Pte James Lockhart Ashton, RMLI, PO/9947 (RMR PO/B/1108); Gnr William Henry Aston, RMA/5117; Sgt Arthur Clare Atkins, RMA/8852; Sgt Albert Edward Avery, RMA/8078 This memorial was erected bythe people of Portsmouth in proud and loving memory of those who in the glorious morning of their days for Englands sake lost all but Englands praise May light perpetual shine upon them. Their name liveth for evermore. Includes: Adams, H; Alderman, G E; Ames, F (served as Frederick Warren); Amey, W J; Ash, C M: Ashman, C E; Ashton, J L; Aston, W H; Atkins, A C; Avery, A E
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW1_B-G 1914-1920 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Gnr George Ernest Percy Backhouse, RMA/7532; Pte Alexander George Bain, RMLI, PO/7542; Sgt William Charles Ballard, RMA/8600; Pte Frederick William Bendall, RMLI, PO/2277(S), Pte William John Clarke, RMLI, PO/11179; Pte John Leslie Cresswell, RMLI, PO/15838; Lieut William Henry Dollery, RMLI; QMS John Bishop Elmer, RMA/1304 (RMR/A/0321); Cpl Arthur Henry Gubby, RMLI, PO/16652; Their name liveth for evermore. Includes: Backhouse, G; Bain, A G; Ballard, W C; Bendall, F W; Clarke, W J; Cresswell, J L; Dollery, W H; Elmer, J B; Gubby, A H.
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW1_K-L 1914-1920 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Pte John Kean, RMLI, PO/13732; Pte Samuel Kelley, RMLI, PO/3793; Bdr Edward Kennedy, RMA/10168; Pte Walter H Kingswell, RMLI, PLY/2123 (S); Pte Thomas H Kitchingham, RMLI, PO/16658; Pte Albion H Knight, RMLI, PO/10412; Poss Pte Henry Knight, RMLI, PO/14081; Driver Frederick G Lamb, RMA/1370(S); Pte John A Laming, RMLI, PO/7901; Gnr William E Lampey, RMA/1739(S); Pte George Lane, RMLI, PO/9337; Pte William K Lane (W R on meml), RMLI, PO/16557; Cpl Walter J Lloyd, RMLI, PO/4669 (RMR/A/690) Their name liveth for evermore. Includes: Kean, J; Kelly, S; Kennedy, E; Kingswell, Walter; Kitchingham, T H; Knight A H (Stoker, RN on meml); Knight, H; Lamb, F G; Laming, J A; Lampey, W E; Lane: G; Lane, W K (W R on Meml); Lloyd, W J
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW1_M-O 1914-1920 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Pte William John Merritt, RMLI, PO/16811; Sgt Albert William Newton, RMLI, CH/17111; Comm RM Gnr Albert Edward Nixon, RMA, HMS Invincible; Pte James Percival Oakley, RMLI, PO/16997; Pte Bertie Oram, RMLI, PO/17178; Cpl Frederick John Osborne, RMA/5103; Pte Ernest Oxford, RMLI, PO/16421 Their name liveth for evermore. Includes: Merritt, W J; Newton, A W; Nixon, A E; Oakley, J P; Oram, B; Osborne, F J; Oxford, E.
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW1_R-T 1914-1920 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Gnr William Robert Rippon, RMA/12206; Gnr Ernest Henry Rogers, RMA/8054; Pte George Rowe, RMLI, PO/6361; Pte John T Ruff, RMLI, PO/15267; Sgt Robert Eli Sanders, RMLI, PO/14042; Pte William Henry Dempsey Sanders, RMLI, PO/15062; Sgt William Nelson Timothy Santry, RMLI, PO/13764; Gnr James Henry Shea, RMA/8154; Bugler Cyril Vernon Tawney, RMLI, PO/18659 Their name liveth for evermore. Includes: Rippon, W R; Rogers, E H; Rowe, G; Ruff, J T; Sanders, R E; Sanders, W H D; Santry, W N T; Shea, J H; Tawney, C V
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW1_V-Y 1914-1920 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Lance Cpl Arthur Denzil Vasey, RMLI, PO/18271; Bandmaster 1st Class John Thomas Vitou, RM Band, RMB/312; Pte Henry Albert Wake, RMLI, PLY/1940(S); Sgt Reginald Douglas Walker, RMA/8862; Pte James Henry Whippy, RMLI, PO/8602 (RMR/B/1453); Gnr Alfred Young, RMA/9891 Their name liveth for evermore. Includes: Vasey, A D; Vitou, J T; Wake, H A; Walker, R D; Whippy, J H; Young, A
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW2_A-Bo 1939-1945 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Sgt Sydney William Allen, RM, PO/X 922; Lance Cpl Edward William Ambler, RM Eng Cdo, PO/X 101922; Mne Edward Annalls, RM, PO/18094; Mne John Atkinson, RM, PO/20804; Musn Albert Bailey, RM Band, RMB/X/161; Col Sgt Frederick Willie Bird, RM, PO/27356; Sgt Christopher John Blake, RM, PO/X 2146; Musician Leonard William Blandford, RM Band, RMB/X 727; Mne Alfred Arthur Bocutt, RM, PO/21632 (Boucutton on meml); Mne Leonard Bovingdon, RM, PO/214060 In memory of the service men and women and the citizens of Portsmouth who gave their lives in defence of their country during World War II. Includes: Allen, S W; Ambler, E W; Annals, E; Atkinson, J; Bailey, A; Bird, F W; Blake, C J; Blandford L W; Bocutt, A A (Boucutton on meml); Bovingdon, L
Portsmouth Cenotaph WW2_Br-C 1939-1945 United Kingdom Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants Sgt Arthur John Bradley, RM, PO/X 4118; Mne George Cornelius Butler, RM, EX/3014; Mne Herbert Ralph Cann, RM, PO/22722; Bandmaster Ronald Herbert Chard, RM Band, RMBX/182; Sgt Frederick Arthur Charles, RM, PO/X 2092; Mne Samuel George Chowings, RM, PO/X 100333; Mne Basil Samuel Creswell Cook, RM, PO/X 2624; Mne Reginald Charles Cripps, RM, EX/3101; Bradley, A J; Butler, G C; Cann, H R; Chard, R H; Charles, F A; Chowings, S G; Cook, B S C; Cripps, R C