ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Plaques & Memorials

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Memorial Unit Date Country Location Notes Inscription
St Mary's Copythorne Plaque 1914-1918 United Kingdom St Mary's Church, Copythorne, Hants No trace of a Charles Effery nor C Effemy as recorded on the memorial ouside the Church. Probably the Rupert S Effemy on the Netley Marsh memorial. For God King & Country. Includes: Charles Effery
St Mary's Hayling Island Memorials 1914-1919, 1939-1945 United Kingdom St Mary's Church, South Hayling, Hants Pte Joseph James Boncey, RMLI, PO/11603, HMS Invincible, died 31 May 1916; QMS J B Elmer, RMA, RMA/1304 (RMR/A/0321), Eastney Barracks, died, 1 Oct 1915; Gunner F J May, RMA, RMA/1042(S), RMA Howitzer Bde, died 12 Feb 1919; Mne Peter Henry Bowers, RM, PO/X 2374, HMS Barham, died 25 Nov 1941; Cpl Hector Leslie Reed, RM, PO/X 1682, HMS Hood, died 24 May 1941; Mne Martin Donald Reed, RM, PO/X 101229, died 4 Dec 1940 Includes: WW1: Boncey, J J, RMLI, HMS Invincible; Elmer, J B, QMS, RMA; May, F J, Gunner, RMA. WW2: Bowers, P H, Mne; Reed, H L, Cpl; Reed, M D, Mne.
St Mary's Warsash Memorial 1914-1919, 1939-1945 United Kingdom St Mary's Church, Warash, Hants Bertie Turner, RMA 14531, HMS Defence, 31 May 1916. No RMs for WW2. Roll of Honour (served) A McDonald, Pte, RMLI. For God, King & Country, Greater love hath no man than this, The Heroic Dead. Includes: Turner, B, 1916, RN
St Marys Church War Memorial Torquay 1 RMLI UK Devon
St Marys Church War Memorial Torquay 2 RMLI UK Devon Ply/10222 Pte Arthur Walling
St Michael All Angels, Lyndhurst_plaque 1914-1918 United Kingdom St Michael All Angels Church, Lyndhurst, Hants Pte George Pullinger PO/15500, RMLI, HMS Good Hope, lost 1 Nov 1914. T F Turton, PO/16707 who appears on the main Lyndhurst memorial is not included here. Let us remember the men of Lyndhurst who lost their lives through the Great War. Includes: G Pullinger, Pte, RMLI
St Peter's North Hayling Memorial 1914-1919, 1939-1945 United Kingdom St Peter's Churchyard, North Hayling, Hants Pte Joseph James Boncey, RMLI, PO/11603, HMS Invincible, died 31 May 1916 Includes: Boncey, J J
St Wilfred's Parishioners (by streets) memorial 1914-1918 United Kingdom St Wilfrid's Church, Portsmouth Lists all parishioners who served in WW1. Includes: Beecham Road: Stevens, J, Band Corp, RMA. Avondale Road: Jones G T, RMLI. George Street: Cooper, C, RMLI. Burleigh Road: Giles H, Pte, RMLI. Langford Road: Boulton H, Pte, RMLI; Rendell, A, Pte, RMLI; Palmer H, Pte, RMLI. Outer St Wilfrid's: Dean W, Serg R Marines; Turner, A, Serg, RMA. Glencoe Road: Ludlow, W, Pte, RMLI.
St Wilfred's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 United Kingdom St Wilfrid's Church, Portsmouth Lists all parishioners who gave their lives in WW1. Cpl Frederick Warren Horatio Parker, RMLI, PO/15023, HMS Invincible, died 31 May 1916; Musician Ernest John Gallagher, RM Band, RMB/1772, HMS Indefatigable, died 31 May 1916 Includes : Frederick Warren Horatio Parker, Cpl, RMLI, HMS Invincible; Ernest John Gallagher, Musician, RM Band, HMS Indefatigable;
St. Andrew's Church RMA UK Southsea Cont'd:. .. on the other side panels represent Nativity, and on the other side panels figures of the types of Prophets and Recorders of the Nativity Also a second memorial was unveiled in memory of Brig. Gen. Lumsden. Inscription: Extract from G & L: On 25 July, 1920, at St. Andrews Church the RMA Memorial was unveiled to the memory of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men of the RMA who fell in the Great War. The memorial itself is of carved oak and mosaic,
St. Andrew's Church, Belchamp St. Paul, Suffolk Royal Marines UK Belchamp St. Paul, Essex
St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth Royal Marines UK Plymouth Inscription: Plaque: This tree was planted 15th August 1985 (40th Anniversary of V-J Day )
St. Andrew's Taunton War Memorial Royal Marines United Kingdom Somerset Horace Charles Thorne
St. Aubin-sur-Mer (1), France 48 Commando RM France St. Aubin-sur-Mer Memorial to 48 Commando RM , St. Aubin, Normandy, France
St. Aubin-sur-Mer, France 48 Commando RM France St. Aubin-sur-Mer Street nameplate for the Rue 48eme Commando des Royal Marines, St. Aubin-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
St. Austell War Memorial (1) Royal Marine Light Infantry United Kingdom Cornwell E.H.Brant Private PO/10511, Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Died 3 December 1914. Buried in Gent City Cemetery, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row A. Grave 19.
St. Austell War Memorial (2) Royal Marines United Kingdom Cornwell James Lawry Perry Temporary Acting Captain, No. 48 R.M. Commando, Royal Marines. Died 6 June 1944. Aged 22. Son of Sydney Beecher Perry and Evelyn Perry, of St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France. Plot XIV. Row A. Grave 18.
St. Catherine British Cemetery France Arras
St. Dominick War Memorial Royal Marine Artillery United Kingdom Cornwell Sam William Cordwell, RMA/7989 Gunner, (RMR/B/1103), H.M.S. Aboukir.
St. George's Church, Pembroke - 1 Royal Marines UK Chatham Former Royal Naval Church, now St. George's Center under the control of Gillingham Council. Windows are in most cases dedicated to a number of Chatham Ships and actions in which Royal Marines died.