
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Shanklin
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 6 June 1984
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40876
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Current location
On wall at the gate
Private House (Formerly Upper Chine School)
Shanklin
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 580 810
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone tablet
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND EVERLASTING/ MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF/ 40 ROYAL MARINE COMMANDO/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN NORMANDY, HOLLAND AND GERMANY/ THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNIT/ WAS IN UPPER CHINE SCHOOL SHANKLIN/ BEFORE THE NORMANDY LANDINGS
- 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
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- No. 40 Commando, Royal Marines (Normandy)
- WMO ID: 254627
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1998: Premises sold for redevelopment
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Isle of Wight Memorials SHA005 tinyurl.com/mmuv95
- Isle of Wight County Press, 19 April 1991. New Memorial Unveiled at School
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