ROYAL MARINES BADGE & INSIGNIA REFERENCE

Royal Marines Plaques & Memorials

To see details of a specific memorial or plaque image click on either the Memorial or Name. This will open the corresponding image in your browser window. Alternatively, hover your mouse cursor over the Memorial or number to see a preview.

Searches can be performed by Memorial, Unit, Country and/or Location. After entering your search criteria, click Search.

Examples of search criteria:
- George - will return all entries with Memorial George. Note searches are not case sensitive, e.g. searching for George and george will return the same entries.
- Commando – will return all the entries that have Commando in the content, e.g. Memorial Commando and Unit Commando.
- george Malta – will return all entries that have george as the Memorial name and Malta as the Country.

To go back to the complete list of entires, clear the search box then click Search.


Memorial Unit Date Country Location Notes Inscription
Twerton War Memorial (2) Royal Marines United Kingdom Somerset G. Ham PLY/3707
Twerton War Memorial (3) Royal Marines United Kingdom Somerset Wifred Arthur Maslen
Unknown Marine Royal Marines United Kingdom St. David's Cemetery, Dover, Ken A Marine of the Second World War Royal Marines buried 24 June, 1940. Known unto God
Unknown Marine Royal Marines United Kingdom St Stephens Church, By Saltash, Grave, Back of Church Left Side. Buried on the 11-9-1931. United Kingdomnown Royal Marine
Unknown Royal Marine 1 RM Crete Suda Bay War Cemetery
Unknown Royal Marine 2 RM Crete Suda Bay War Cemetery
Unknown Royal Marine 3 RM Crete Suda Bay War Cemetery
Upper Chine School, Isle of Wight 46 Commando RM UK Isle of Wight Upper Chine School, Shanklin, Isle of Wight Inscription: In proud and everlasting memory of the Officers and Men of 46 RM Commando who laid down their lives in Normandy, Holland, and Germany. The H.Q. of the unit was in Upper Chine School, Shanklin, before the Normandy landings.
Varrenes Military Cemetery Memorial France Varrenes
Venray Cemetery Royal Marines Netherlands Venray Commonwealth War Graves Commissions' Cemetery, Venray, Holland
Volvo, Greece RM Detachment HMS 'Devonshire' Greece Volvo Cemetery Graves of 15 Ranks and one Rating killed or died of wounds as a result of the explosion in 'X' gun turret of HMS 'Devonshire' on 26 July, 1929
Walcheren Island 1 41 Commando RM Netherlands Walcheren Names of those killed in action at Walcheren November 1944. Inscription: 41 Commando Royal Marines Memorial 1942 - 1946 Domburg, Walcheren. In commemoration of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Liberation of The Netherlands.
Walcheren Island 2 41 Commando RM Netherlands Walcheren Names of those killed in action at Walcheren Nocvember 1944. Inscription: 41 Commando Royal Marines Memorial 1942 - 1946 Domburg, Walcheren. In commemoration of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Liberation of The Netherlands.
Walcheren Standard RM Commandos UK Eastney The Standard, to be kept in St. Andrew's Church at Eastney, to be used for ceremonial occasions such as commemoration of the assault on Walcheren, 1 November, 1944. Inscription: Presented by the Queen's Commissioner for Zealand from the people of Walcheren - 'as a tangible gift to those who liberated them from the Germans.'
War Memorial St Petrocs Church South Brent RM UK Devon 2nd Lt John Corrie & Ply/22647 Mne Arthur Mortimore
War Memorial Old Marston Royal Marines 40 Commando United Kingdom War Memorial Old Marston, Oxford Son of Walter and Alice Matthews of Old Marston Oxford Frederick Gordon Matthews PO/X112579 Corporal
War Memorial St Martin on Tours Church West Coker RMLI UK Somerset Ply/16348 Pte Lot Hayward
War Memorial St Peter & St Paul Church Ermington RMLI UK Devon Ply/227(S) Pte John W Edmunds
War Memorial St Peters Church Revelstoke Noss Mayo 1 RM UK Devon
War Memorial St Peters Church Revelstoke Noss Mayo 2 RM UK Devon Ply/x103925 Sgt Edward G Rowe