ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Plaques & Memorials

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Memorial Unit Date Country Location Notes Inscription
HMS Victoria memorial_part 3 22 June 1893 United Kingdom Victoria Park, Portsmouth cont: Pte RMLI: Maidment, Edd; Merritt, H T; Morris, Willm; Pickett, Chas; Prentis, W O; Remington, H E; Snith, F C; Taylor, Harry; Theroulde, H A; Thomas, F L; Thompson, Hy: Vinliner, Jno; Wakeford, Wm; Ward, Elijah; West, Edwd; Williams, Hy. Langford, Hy, Bugr RMA and the following Bugr RMLI; Collins W L; Davis, W J and Lowe, George
HMS Victoria plaque 22 June 1893 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 De Profundis Ad Te Clamavi - Sacred to the memory of.. R Savage, A Baker, F W Franklin, A E Jones, A W Butt, C Lane, T Gibson, P Vernon, J J E Moore, A Featherstone, J L Kent, A Bancroft, H Lodge, J Williamson, H S Duck, F Sheldrake, J R Scrambler, W Ferguson, J Humphries, E Farley, J G Matsell, J Bowling, F W Ballet, W Ellis, F Cole, G Marsh, R I Peters, C W H Cox, W Brown; Bomb Henry Weeks, Bugler H Langford. HMS Victoria lost off Tripoli, Syria 22 June AD 1893
HMS Vindictive parapet anchor United Kingdom RM Memorial Garden, Eastney Parapet anchor used by HMS Vindictive during attack on Zeebrugge, 22-23, April 1918.
Holbeton War Memorial 1 RMLI UK Devon
Holbeton War Memorial 2 RMLI UK Devon PO/1750(S) Pte Alfred G P Masters
Hollybrook Lost at Sea Memorial 1914-1945 United Kingdom Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, Hants Lieut John Stephen Samworth Thornely, Chatham Btn RN Div, died 24 Jul 1915. Wounded at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915 (GSW fracture of femur), died on board Hospital Ship Loyalty. See Grave record Includes: J S S Thornely, Royal Marines
Holy Trinity Bosham_WW1 1914-1918 United Kingdom Holy Trinity Church, Bosham Sgt Percy Gardner, RMLI, PO/15628 Give Glory to God, all ye who worship here. For that which He wrought for you through these men of Bosham and others such as they and ever hold their names in honour and grateful remembrance whogave their lives for the preservation of the British Empire in the Great War, 1914-1918. Includes: WW1: Percy Gardner
Holy Trinity Bosham_WW2 1939-1945 United Kingdom Holy Trinity Church, Bosham Musician Leonard William Cook, RM Band, RMB/X 67; Mne Thomas Stubbington, RM, PO/X 21141 In grateful and honoured memory of the men of and from Bosham who gave their lives for the cause of freedom. Grant unto all of us for whom they died thathteir love and devotion may bear fruit in us in more abundant love for others. Requiescant in Pace. Includes: Leonard W Cook; Thomas Stubbington
Honorary Major General George Brydges plaque 29 January 1896 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 AIn memory of Major General George Brydges late Col Commandant RMA, died Jan 29th 1896, Aged 64 years. This brass is erected by his widow
Horndean War Memorial 1914-1919, 1939-1945 United Kingdom Horndean, Hants T/Capt George Henry Sulivan, RMLI, 1st RM Bn, RN Div, died 13 Nov 1916, France. Marine George Francis Rich, PO/X 4393, HMS Barham WW1: Erected by Public subscription to the memory of the men whose names are inscribed who went from this countryside at the call of duty and laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1919 "In the evening and in the morning we will remember them". WW2: Also to those who fell in the World War 1939-1945. Includes: WW1; G H Sulivan, WW2; Mne G F Rich
Horrabridge War Memorial Royal Marines Light Infantry United Kingdom Devon PLY/4690 Colour Sergeant Alfred Barnett Baldwin RMLI
Horrabridge War Memorial (1) Royal Marines United Kingdom Devon Alfred Barnett Baldwin
Horrabridge War Memorial (2) Royal Marines United Kingdom Devon Francis [William Frederick] aka Frank Rowe
Hursley All Saints Memorial 1914-1918, 1939-1945 United Kingdom All Saints Church, Hursley, Hants Wooden panels either side of the altar. WW1: Pte Edwin T Roud, RMLI, PLY/1442(S). WW2: Mne Albert George Cox, RM, PO/X 109152 WW1: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, 1914 - 1918. Includes: Pte Edwin T Roud, RMLI. WW2: 1939-1945. Includes: Albert Cox, RM
Hursley Village Cross United Kingdom Hursley, Hants Died: Pte Edwin T Roud, RMLI, PLY/1442(S). Served: Cpl William J Alexander, RMA; Gnr David Brown, RMA; Gnr John Hopkins, RMA; Gnr Francis G Marshall, RMA; Gnr Herbert Pike, RMA; Pte Reginald T Webb, RMLI. In honour of the men of Hursley who fought in the Great War, 1914-1919. Includes: Cpl William J Alexander, RMA; Gnr David Brown, RMA; Gnr John Hopkins, RMA; Gnr Francis G Marshall, RMA; Gnr Herbert Pike, RMA; Pte Edwin Roud, RMLI; Pte Reginald T Webb, RMLI;
Ipplepen War Memorial 1 RMLI UK Devon
Ipplepen War Memorial 2 RMLI UK Devon Ply/15599 Pte Thomas H Blatchford
Ipplepen War Memorial St Andrews Church RMLI UK Devon Ply/15599 Pte Thomas H Blatchford
Ireland 1690 Royal Marines Ireland The first appearance of the Royal Marines in Ireland is thought to have been at the siege of Cork, in 1690.
Ireland 1798 Royal Marines Ireland During the rebellion of 1798 the only mention of the Royal Marines in Ireland is that Captain Richard Williams and a detachment were sent in a gunboat on the 19 June, 1798, to dislodge the rebels from a postion they had taken up at the river in Waterford