Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Torbay
- Town
- Paignton
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Regimental Memorials
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 28 March 2010
Attended by: Veterans of the Parachute Regiment
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69832
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Current location
Near Marine Hotel
Esplanade Road
Paignton
Torbay
Devon
TQ4 6EB
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 89270 60565
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular plinth with exposed brick work and concrete surface. Plinth is surmounted by a stone of remembrance with regimental insignia carved and lettering in black.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM/ THE PARACHUTE/ REGIMENT/ AND/ AIRBORNE FORCES/ WHO HAVE GIVEN THERI LIVES/ IN CONFLICT/ 1940 TO THE/ PRESENT DAY/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY/ SOTUH DEVON BRANCH/ THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION/ UNVEILED ON 28TH MARCH 2010 BY/ HARRY LEACH D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944/ TED BURRIDGE ARNHEM 17 SEPT 1944/ DENNIS CROCKEN ARNHEM 17 SEPT 1944/ HAROLD WRIGHT RHINE CROSSING 24 MARCH 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Regimental Memorials
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Regimental Memorials
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plinth
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
Details: Erected by the South Devon Branch of The Parachute Regimental Association
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