Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Fareham
Town
Southwick Park
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 27 November 1960
    Attended by: The Venerable Archdeacon I.D. Neill OBE, QHCMA (Chaplain General to the Forces) performed the unveiling
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
56623

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Current location

Southwick Park Memorial Church
Defence Schooling of Policing and Guarding (DSPG)
Southwick Park
Fareham
Hampshire
PO17 6EJ
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 63490 08780
Denomination: Church of England

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Previous locations
  • Roussillon Barracks Royal Military Police Chapel
    Broyle Road
    Chichester
    Chichester
    West Sussex
    PO19 4BN
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SU 861 061
    Denomination: Church of England
  • Corps Chapel
    Inkerman Barracks
    Raglan Terrace
    Knaphill
    Woking
    Surrey
    GU31 8TL
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SU 97296 58218
    Denomination: Church of England
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Description
Black metal plaque with gold coloured inscription in relief. It has an associated brass plaque, recording the date of the unveiling.
Inscription
(Memorial plaque): 1953 -1959/ TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE N.C.O.'s/ OF THE / ROYAL MILITARY POLICE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ WHILE SERVING IN CYPRUS/ (Names) (Associated unveiling plaque): Unveiled 27th November 1960/ by the/ Venble Archdeacon I.D. Neill OBE QHCMA/ Chaplain General.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bell, W R
Cameron, W N
Downing, R J
Keightley, C N
Leitch, R B
Perry, D W
Shaw, A R
Todd, G A
Turvey, B F
Welsh, B D G
See details for all 10 names
Commemorations
  • Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 10
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Regiment, rank, forename initials, surname.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 15mm, height 455mm, width 590mm
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
History
2011: Memorial re-located to Southwick Park Memorial Church. 2006: The RMP are relocating to the Defence College of Policing and Guarding, Southwick Park, Fareham, Hants. PO17 6EJ. There are plans to move the memorial to the new site.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Royal Military Police
Reference
  • Reference to Southwick Park having been the former stone frigate HMS Dryad: "Redcaps' new home was the nerve centre for D-Day action." Chichester Observer, 26 October 2006, p.22.
  • RMP Journal 1961 (First Quarter): referred to the unveiling of the Cyprus plaque, that had taken place on 27/11/1960 in the Corps Chapel at Inkerman Barracks.

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