ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Plaques & Memorials

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Memorial Unit Date Country Location Notes Inscription
HMS 'Wolfe' ( 1 ) Royal Marines Borneo Labuan Island Floral tribute of 14 Red Roses in memory of the 14 Royal Marines and 1 White Rose in memory of the Commander of HMS 'Wolfe'. Located 'All Saint' Anglican Parish Church, Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia. All buried Labuan Island Borneo, 1847 - 1848.
HMS 'Wolfe' ( 2 ) Royal Marines Borneo Labuan Island Floral tribute of 14 Red Roses in memory of the 14 Royal Marines and 1 White Rose in memory of the Commander of HMS 'Wolfe'. Located 'All Saint' Anglican Parish Church, Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia. All buried Labuan Island Borneo, 1847 - 1848.
HMS Active memorial 1877-1879 United Kingdom Victoria Park, Portsmouth IThis monument is erected by the officers and ship's company of HMS Active late flag ship on the West Coast of Africa and cape of Good Hope Station, to perpetuate the memory of those of their shipmates who perished while gallantly doing their duty with the Naval Brigade of that ship during the Kafir War, 1877-8 and the Zulu War of 1879. Includes: W Stagg, Private RM (Fort Ekowe); W Seddon, Gr RMA (Lower Tugela); A Mabey, Drummer, RM.
HMS Atalanta memorial plaque 1880 United Kingdom St Ann's Church, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth Officers and Crew who were lost in H M Ship "Atalanta" Training Frigate on her passage from Bermuda to England early in 1880. Includes: Osborne, John W W, Cpl; Adams, William, Pte; Berry, Albert, Pte; Earnshaw, Henry, Pte; Field, Edward, Pte; Galvin, Michael, Pte; Roberts, Edwin, Pte; Rhines, George, Pte; Sanson, John, Pte; Salter, Thomas, Pte; Thompson, Hugh, Pte; Webb, Thomas, Pte.
HMS Brilliant Memorial Plaque Royal Marines 1857 United Kingdom St Mary's Church, Portsmouth Sacred to the memory of the following officers, seamen and marines of HMS Brilliant who fell victim to yellow fever in the West Indies in the months of August and September 1857. Includes: Thos Riley, RM; Philip Carter BRM; Rob Wheeler BRM; H Y Butters BRM; W Hayhurst BRM. This Tablet is erected by Captain Paynter, the officers and crew of HMS Brilliant as a tribute of regard for their departed shipmates.
HMS Calcutta Royal Marines UK Chatham Refer entry for St. Georges Church - ( Nore Memorial Windows - in the Chancel ) windows in St. Georges in memory of ships and actions do not list those who died. See image section below for HMS Calcutta Royal Marines list.
HMS Captain Memorial 1870 RMA 7 September 1870 United Kingdom Portsmouth Museum Gunner John Hammond RMA
HMS Captain Memorial 1870 RMLI 7 September 1870 United Kingdom Portsmouth Museum Sergeant John Francis RMLI
HMS Captain plaque 7 September 1870 United Kingdom NMRN Store The significance of what appear to be asterisks against some of the names is unknown but perhaps is related to the bodies recovered. 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. De profundis ad te clamavi - Sacred to the memory of�. HMS Captain September 7th AD 1870. Captain R A Gorges, Sergeant J Francis, Corporal G Morse. Gunners: W Morris, R Oswald, F Pitchfork, B Porter, J Redrup*, J Rogers, J Rowan*, F Savin*, D Smart, G Turner, J Turner, F Weston, W Wilson. Bombardiers: W Casely, G Davis, A Durkin, T Hoskett, J Gordon, S Grove*, J Hammond, D Hughes, G Jones*, J Knowles, F Lock*, H Misson
HMS Centurion Royal Marines UK Portsmouth Inscription: The unveiling ceremony for memorial, HMS 'Centurion'
HMS Centurion memorial, dedication 1897-1901 United Kingdom Victoria Park, Portsmouth HMS Centurion, Naval brigade, North China 1900 - Peit Sang, Hsiku Peiyang, Tientsin, Erected by Admiral Sir E H Seymour GCB, the Captain, officers and ship's company of HMS Centurion. In memory of the officers and men of that ship who were killed or died of wounds received whilst gallantly doing their duty in the Naval Brigade, North China 1900, also in memory of those officers and men who died during the commission.
HMS Centurion memorial, marines 1897-1901 United Kingdom Victoria Park, Portsmouth Includes: Killed or died of wounds; Captain H W H Beyts, RMA; E Lunn, Gunr, RMA; J T Yates Gunr RMA; F W Briggs, Pte, RMLI; F H Foster, Pte, RMLI; E Frisby, Pte, RMLI; G H Hawes, Pte, RMLI
HMS Chesapeake Memorial ( 1 ) Royal Marines UK Southsea Memorial in honour of the Officers and Men who died during the ship's four years commission 1857-1861. Located on The Eplanade ( near HMS Victorys anchor ) Southsea, Hampshire.
HMS Chesapeake Memorial ( 2 ) Royal Marines UK Southsea Memorial in honour of the Officers and Men who died during the ship's four years commission 1857-1861. Located on The Eplanade ( near HMS Victorys anchor ) Southsea, Hampshire.
HMS Chesapeake Memorial ( 3 ) Royal Marines UK Southsea Memorial in honour of the Officers and Men who died during the ship's four years commission 1857-1861. Located on The Eplanade ( near HMS Victorys anchor ) Southsea, Hampshire.
HMS Devastation Memorial Gibraltar 1 RMLI Gibraltar North Front Cemetery
HMS Devastation Memorial Gibraltar 2 RMLI Gibraltar North Front Cemetery Ply/9438 Pte Arthur Ward
HMS Dreadnought memorial 1884-1887 United Kingdom St Mary's Church, Portsmouth Gunner William Charles Soder, RMA/2005, HMS Dreadnought. HMS Dreadnought, Oct 1884-Dec 1887, Mediterranean Station. In memory of - Includes: Willm C Soder, Gunr RM Arty. Erected by their shipmates.
HMS Euryalis memorial 1878-1882 United Kingdom St Ann's Church, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth This tablet was erected by the Officers and men of HMS Euryalis, Flag Ship in the East Indies 1878-1882, In Memory of their Shipmates. Includes: Gabl Crawley, Pte, RMLI, born Jan.30.50 died Mar.14.80; Jas, Unsworth, Gunr, RMA, born Mar.9.48 died Jan.18.82.
HMS Eurydice Plaque Inscription 1878 United Kingdom St Ann's Church, HM Dockyard, Portsmouth See HMS Eurydice Plaque, surnames A-M, N-Z Eurydice, Officers and Crew who were lost by the foundering of HM Ship Eurydice off Dunose, Isle of Wight, March 24th, 1878.