
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- City Of Westminster
- Town
- Westminster
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001), Gulf War (1990-1991), Korean War (1950-1953), Malayan Emergency (1948-1960), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), 20th Century Conflict (1900-1999), Boer War; Second (1899-1902), Boxer Rebellion (1899-1902)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25th April 1903
Attended by: HRH Prince of Wales KG - Rededicated
Date: 29th October 2000
Attended by: HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 11571
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Current location
near Admiralty Arch
Carlton House Terrace
The Mall
Westminster
City Of Westminster
Greater London
SW1A 5AS
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 29911 80286
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- St James Park
St James
City Of Westminster
Greater London
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- St James Park
- Description
- WOUNDED MARINE WITH COMRADE STANDING OVER HIM DEFENDING HIM WITH LEVELLED RIFLE AND BAYONET. SURMOUNTS PEDESTAL WHICH HAS BRONZE PLAQUES ON IT 6 OCLOCK FACE: CORPS BADGE, BRONZE PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION 9 AND 3 OCLOCK FACE: RELIEF DEPICTION OF ACTION AT GRASPAN AND REPULSE OF CHINESE ATTACK ON PEKING LEGATION CARVED DOLPHINS ON EACH CORNER SYMBOLISE NAVAL SERVICE
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE / ROYAL MARINES / IN MEMORY OF THEIR / COMRADES WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION / OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE IN / SOUTH AFRICA AND CHINA / 1899 - 1900 12 O'CLOCK: SOUTH AFRICA CHINA / (NAMES) BRONZE RING ON GROUND AROUND MEMORIAL: THIS MEMORIAL WAS REDEDICATED IN OCTOBER 2000 IN HONOUR OF ALL ROYAL MARINES WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND AND SEA AND WHO ARE FOREVER REMEMBERED BY THEIR FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Gulf War (1990-1991)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
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)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - 20th Century Conflict (1900-1999)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: rank,forename,regiment - Boxer Rebellion (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 0
Died: 45
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: rank,forename,regiment
- Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001)
- Components
- Sculpture
Measurements: height 21 IN
Materials: Bronze - Pedestal
Measurements: height 21 IN
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Sculpture
- 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
- ROYAL MARINES NATIONAL MEMORIAL
- WMO ID: 112036
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 16-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Reference
- For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James P 125 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
- Carter Postcard Collection
- The National Archives WORKS/20/138 AND WORKS/20/239
- 130MISC
- The Globe and Laurel Nov/Dec 1999
- ADRIAN JONES by HODSON-PRESSINGER, SELWYN 51-2 Published:TORPHICHEN BOOKS 1996 LONDON
- LONDON STATUES: A GUIDE TO LONDONS OUTDOOR STATUES AND SCULPTURE by BYRON, A P 356 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:CONSTABLE 1981 LONDON
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