Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Meirionnydd
Town
Aberdovey
County
Gwynedd
Country
Wales
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), Regimental Memorials
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: Saturday 15 May 1999
    Attended by: Mr Meuric Rees CBE, former Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd, and twenty eight 3-Troop survivors
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24545

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Current location

Next to sea wall
Penhelyg Park
A493
Aberdovey
Meirionnydd
Gwynedd
LL35 0PT
Wales

OS Grid Ref: SN 62171 96077
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Large slate rough hewn stone of remembrance. Incised lettering in white.
Inscription
On the stone: FOR THE/ MEMBERS OF/ 3 TROOP 10 (1A)/ COMMANDO/ WHO WERE/ WARMLY WELCOMED/ IN ABERDYFI/ WHILE TRAINING/ FOR SPECIAL DUTIES/ IN BATTLE/ 1942-1943/ TWENTY WERE/ KILLED IN ACTION PLACED ON TOP OF THE WALL LEFT PLAQUE: ROEDD Y CORFFLU HWN O'R FYDDIN BRYDEINIG YN CYNNWYS/ WYTH DEG CHWECH O FFOADURIAID ALMAENEG EU HIAITH/ A OEDD YN DIANC RHAG GORTHRWM Y NATSIAID, A RHODDWYD/IDDYNT ENWAU FFUG A HUNANIAETH FEL DINASYDDION PRYDAIN I'W DIOGELU A'U GWNEUD YN FWY EFFEITHIOL. ROEDDENT DAN/ ORCHYMYN YR UWCHGAPTEN HILTON-JONES MC A'U DYLETSWYDDAU/ ARBENNIG OEDD ARCHWILIO, HOLI A CHUDD-WYBODAETH. TREFNID/ HWY YN UNIGOL NEU MEWN GRWPIAU BYCHAIN A RHOESANT/ WASANAETH NEILLTUOL WRTH DRECHU'R ALMAEN A HITLER. RIGHT PLAQUE: THIS BRITISH COMMANDO TROOP INTIALLY CONSISTED OF EIGHTY-SIX/ GERMAN SPEAKING REFUGEES FROM NAZI OPPRESSION WHO WERE GIVEN FICTITIOUS/ NAMES AND IDENTITIES AS BRITISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION AND/ EFFECTIVENESS. COMMANDED BY MAJOR HILTON-JONES MC, THEIR SPECIAL/ DUTIES WERE RECONNAISSANCE, INTERROGATION AND INTELLIGENCE. DEPLOYED/ SINGLY OR IN SMALL GROUPS, THEY RENDERED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN HTE DEFEAT OF HITLER' GERMANY
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Regimental Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate - Welsh
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Our blog: ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/refugee-week-3-fighting-back/
  • Allied Special Forces Association website, 'The Allied Special Forces History - No. 3 ("Jewish") Troop, No. 10 Commando' at web.archive.org/web/20051124174429/http://www.alliedspecialforces.org/3jewishtroop10commandohistory.htm
  • Neal, Toby, 'They Fought Alongside the Allies', Shropshire Star, Saturday 15 May 1999.
  • Davies, Jeremy, 'The X-Men of Aberdovey and Their Secret Mission', Western Mail, July 1999.
  • Masters, Peter, Striking Back: A Jewish Commando's War Against the Nazis. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1998.
  • Dear, Ian, Ten Commando, 1942-1945. London: Leo Cooper, 1987.

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