Operation Fuller (The Channel Dash)

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945), VC or GC Recipients

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 12 February 2010
Attended by: Admiral Lord Boyce GCB OBE DL
Dedicated
Date: 12 February 2010
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

65813

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Current location

By the dry dock
Pier Yard
Harbour Parade
Ramsgate
Thanet
Kent
CT11 8LS
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 38492 64734
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

A granite stone of remembrance with an inset black marble tablet, inscribed in gold lettering. It is set on a black marble plinth and square base. One tablet has a description of the operation and the badge of the Channel Dash Association above the inscription. The second tablet has a Fleet Air Arm badge, a depiction of a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber, and a representation of a Victoria Cross.

Inscription

Tablet 1: 'OPERATION FULLER'/ "The Channel Dash"/ 12th FEBRUARY 1942/ (Continues with description of the operation). At foot: This memorial was erected by the Channel Dash Memorial Trust/ Supported by donations from/ The Grand Lodge of the Mark Master Masons,/ Mr. M.J.Cornwallace and Ramsgate Town Council Tablet 2: (Aircraft numbers followed by names of each crew). At foot: (Quotation about the operation)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Beynon, D R
Bligh, P
Bunce, D A
Clinton, W
Esmonde, E
Johnson, A L
Kingsmill, C M
Lee, E F
Parkinson, R L
Rose, B W
See details for all 18 names

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 5
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,occupation,additional,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Corporate,private,other

Reference

' Operation Fuller - The Epitaph', The Channel Dash Association, 2007 [www.channeldash.org/swordfish20.html
'Channel Dash Memorial Trust Monument', The Channel Dash Association [www.channeldash.org/Monument.html]
'Memorial to 825NAS Channel Dash Heroes', Fleet Air Arm Remembrance Memorials [www.fleetairarmoa.org/fleet-air-arm-remembrance-memorials]
'The Channel Dash Memorial, Ramsgate', War Memorials Online [www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/127017]
'Veterans gather to salute brave airmen', Royal Naval Association Newsletter, March 2012, p. 35.
'825 Memorial? DONE!', The 'Dash', local publication, August 2010 (1:5)
'Fitting tribute to the heroes of doomed Channel Dash', Kent Messenger, 5 March 2010, p. 53.
'Channel Dash monument recalls Swordfish heroics', The Times, 6 February 2010
'Memorial planned for brave WWII pilots', KentOnline, 31 December 2009 [www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/memorial-planned-for-brave-wwii--a89764]

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