Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Undefined
Town
Calbourne
County
Isle Of Wight
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 24th April 1998
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40856

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Current location

Calbourne Mill
B3401 Newport Road
Calbourne
Isle Of Wight
PO30 4JN
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 41401 86857
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Esplanade
    Ryde
    Medina
    Isle Of Wight
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SZ 600 927
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Wall mounted rectangular steel plaque
Inscription
41 (ROYAL MARINES) COMMANDO 1942 - 1946/ AND ALL THOSE ISLANDERS WHO WELCOMED THEM INTO THEIR HOMES/ DURING THE WINTER OF 1942-43 THIS SMALL UNIT OF LESS THAN 450 MEN CARRIED OUT MUCH OF ITS EARLY COMMANDO TRAINING ON THE/ ISLE OF WIGHT, WHEN THE MEN LIVED IN THE HOMES OF ISLANDERS AT BEMBRIDGE, NETTLESTONE, RYDE, ST HELENS AND SEAVIEW./ FIGURING PROMINENTLY IN THAT TRAINING WAS RYDE PIER WHERE, IN THE DARK OF NIGHT, THE COMMANDOS BOARDED SMALL CRAFT/ TO CARRY OUT EARLY MORNING PRACTICE ASSAULTS ON VARIOUS PARTS OF THE ISLAND'S COASTLINE./ THE COMMANDO PARTICIPATED IN FOUR MAJOR SEABOURNE LANDINGS:/ SICILY - 10 JULY 1943/ SALERNO, ITALY - 9 SEPTEMBER 1943/ D-DAY, NORMANDY - 6 JUNE 1944/ WALCHEREN, HOLLAND (TO OPEN THE PORT OF ANTWERP) - 1 NOVEMBER 1944/ AND SERVED IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE CONTINUOUSLY FROM D-DAY ONWARDS, THEIR FINAL ACTIONS BEING ON THE MAAS RIVER FRONT/ FROM JANUARY TO MARCH 1945, FOLLOWED BY OCCUPATION DUTIES IN GERMANY UNTIL NOVEMBER 1945/ 139 OF ITS NUMBER DIED IN ACTIVE SERVICE/ UNVEILED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL, COUNCILLOR JOHN BOWKER, ON 24 APRIL 1998
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
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stainless Steel
Listing information
Condition
History
1998: IN MID AUGUST IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PLAQUE HAD BEEN REMOVED, REASON UNKNOWN. CURRENT LOCATION UNKNOWN
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • MERYD024

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