Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Medina
- Town
- Cowes
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21783
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Current location
THE PARADE
PAVILLION
The Parade
Cowes
Medina
Isle Of Wight
PO31 7AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 495 964
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- FREE FRENCH CREST IN BETWEEN ENGLISH AND FRENCH TEXTS
- Inscription
- CLOSE TO THESE PREMISES/ IN MARVIN'S YARD/ WERE BASED FROM 1940 TO 1945/ THE FREE FRENCH SUBMARINE CHASERS/ UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN/ FIRST DESTROYER FLOTILLA./ THEY WERE IN THE FIGHTING LINE/ IN THE CHANNEL/ NOTABLY IS THE COWES BLITZ/ BRUNEVAL AND DIEPPE RAIDS/ LIBERATION OF FRANCE PRES D'ICI/ A MARVIN'S YARD/ FURENT BASES DE 1940 A 1945/ LES CHASSEURS DES F.N.F.L./ SOUS LES ORDRES DU COMMANDANT/ DE LA PREMIERE FLOTILLE DE TORPILLEURS/ ILS ETAIENT EN PREMIERE LIGNE DANS LA MANCHE/ PARTICULIEREMENT LORD DU BOMBARDEMENT DE COWES/ DES RAIDS DE BRUNEVAL ET DIEPPE/ ET LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- "The original enamel badge was damaged and has been replaced".
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Details on the condition and further information surrounding the memorial can be found- www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/others/cowesfreefrench.htm
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