ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Plaques & Memorials

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Memorial Unit Date Country Location Notes Inscription
Puchevillers British Cemetery France
Purbrook Christ Church D-Day Memorial Window Royal Marines United Kingdom Purbrook D-Day Memorial Window in Christ Church, Portsdown, Purbrook, Hampshire. The church was used by H.Q. British Second Army for an Eve of Battle Service before the Invasion of Normandy.
Purbrook War Memorial Royal Marines Light Infantry United Kingdom Hampshire R Bone Private PO/15058 Royal Marine Light Infantry Died 13th September 1918 Son of Richard Bone of Hale's Cottage, Southwick, Fareham, Hants Commonwealth War Dead Buried in Purbrook (st. John the Baptist) churchyard
Purbrook War Memorial Gate 1914-1919 United Kingdom St John the Baptist Church, Purbrook, Hants Private Richard William Joseph Mortimore Bone, PO/15058, RMLI, HMS Cochrane. Buried in churchyard - see Graves database Includes: Pte R Bone, RMLI
Quartermaster William Kay Healey plaque 12 October 1876 United Kingdom NMRN Store Originally in the RMA Church, Eastney (The Crinoline Church), then moved to St Andrew's Church c. 1904 before being removed to Museum store c. 1998 To the memory of William Kay Healey, Quarter Master in the Royal Marine Artillery who died 12 October 1876 aged 59 years. This monument is erected by his brother officers to mark their estimation of a long and honorable career of 41 years and as a token of affection and sincere regard.
Queant Communal Cemetery Extension France
Queant Road Communal Cemetery France
Quebec - Canada Royal Marines Canada Quebec Municipalite de Saint-Paul-de-L'ile-Aux-Noix, Quebec, Canada. Inscription: Battle of the Lacolle Mill. 30 March, 1814, Major R. B. Handcock and a garrison 500 men 13th Regiment, Royal Marines, Canadian Fencibles, Voltiguers, Indians withstood attack by 4,000 American soldiers with Gen. Wilkinson. Last American invasion Canada
R N Association Malta GC Memorial Malta GC Pieta Memorial erected by the Royal Naval Association Malta GC Branch at Pieta, Malta GC. 2,336 Royal Marines died at sea 1914-1918. 2,135 Royal Marines died at sea 1939-1945. Inscription: We will remember them - Lest we forget
Ranville War Cemetery, France RM Commandos France Ranville
Ravena War Cemetery, Italy Royal Marines Italy Ravena
Redruth War Memorial (2) Royal Marine Light Infantry United Kingdom Cornwall Conrad Moyle PLY/1554(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Division
Redruth War Memorial (1) Royal Marine Artillery United Kingdom Cornwell Leslie John Wright Gunner RMA/14511 (PO), H.M.S. "Natal", Royal Marine Artillery. Killed when his ship was sunk by an internal explosion near Cromarty on 30 December 1915. Born 17 November 1896 in Devonport, Son of Mary Wright, of 3 Fords Row, Redruth, Cornwall. Enlisted 4 January 1915. Religious denomination Church of England. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 9.
Richard G Fice kneeler 1989 United Kingdom St Ann's Church, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth Musician Richard George Fice, one of eleven RM Bandsmen killed by an IRA bomb at the RM School of Music on 22 Sep 1989. Richard G Fice, School of Music, Deal
Richmond War Memorial United Kingdom Surrey Herbert Guthrie Private CH/2062/S
Ringwood Memorial Cross 1914-1918, 1939-1945 United Kingdom Park, Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hants WW1: Pte Joseph Mew, RMLI, PO/16469; Musician Ralph Frederick Fall Perrett, RM Band, RMB/1498; Pte Ernest George Saint, RMLI, PO/17066; Band Cpl Thomas Henry Smith, RMB/1294; Cpl Frederick Ernest Victor Wilcox, DSM, MID, RMLI, PO/16936. WW2: Mne Harold Leslie Skeats, RM, PO/X 1845, died 1 Dec 1942 (buried Ringwood Cemetery) WW1: In grateful memory of the men of Ringwood who lost their lives for their King and Country in the Great War, 1914-1918. Includes: Mew, J; Perrett, R F F; Saint, E G; Smith, T H; Wilcox, F E V. WW2: Roll of Honour, 1939-1945. Includes: Skeats, H E.
Ringwood War Memorial (1) Royal Marines Light Infantry United Kingdom Hampshire Joseph Mew Private PO/16469
Ringwood War Memorial (2) Royal Marine Band United Kingdom Hampshire Ralph Frederick Fall Perrett Musician RMB/12418
Ringwood War Memorial (3) Royal Marine Light Infantry United Kingdom Hampshire Ernest George Saint Private PO/17066
Ringwood War Memorial (4) Royal Marine Band United Kingdom Hampshire Thomas Henry Smith Band Corporal 1294