Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Wirral
- Town
- Birkenhead
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Regimental Memorials, Non-Specific Conflict
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83176
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Current location
The northernmost of 9 tablets to the north of the cenotaph
Hamilton Street
east side of Hamilton Square
Birkenhead
Wirral
Merseyside
CH41 5BR
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 32892 88993
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone of Remembrance with all lettering inscribed in gold and the cap badge inscribed at top centre
- Inscription
- THE FIRST ENGLISH NARINES WERE RAISED ON 28 OCTOBER 1664/AND EVOLVED INTO THE CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES,/WHICH HAS A PROUD HISTORY OF DEFENDING THE REALM IN ALL/PARTS OF THE GLOBE. THE CORPS WAS GRANTED THE FREEDOM/OF ENTRY TO THE BOROUGH OF WIRRAL IN 1998/THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CORPS/WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY/AND FELLOW ROYAL MARINES/ONCE A MARINE-ALWAYS A MARINE!
- 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 - Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Regimental Memorials
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Stone of remembrance
- 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
- Royal Marines
- WMO ID: 248482
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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