ROYAL MARINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL

UKNIWM Ref: 11571

Address

ST JAMES PARK
THE MALL
ST JAMES
GREATER LONDON
ENGLAND
SW1

Type:	SERVICEMAN/WOMAN
Other Location Details:	NEAR ADMIRALTY ARCH
OS Map Ref:	TQ 290 790

Previous Locations

Address	Date Moved	Reason for Move
ST JAMES PARK ST JAMES GREATER LONDON ENGLAND	01 DEC 1940; 1948	SITE NEEDED TO BUILD THE CITADEL WHICH WAS TO HOUSE THE WARTIME OPERATIONS AND SIGNALS H.Q. TAKEN INTO STORE IN BATTERSEA. MOVED TO THE MALL IN 1948

Inscription

6 O'CLOCK FACE: ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE / ROYAL MARINES / IN MEMORY OF THEIR / COMRADES WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION / OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE IN / SOUTH AFRICA AND CHINA / 1899 - 1900

12 O'CLOCK: SOUTH AFRICA CHINA / (NAMES)

BRONZE RING ON GROUND AROUND MEMORIAL: THIS MEMORIAL WAS REDEDICATED IN OCTOBER 2000 IN HONOUR OF ALL ROYAL MARINES WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND AND SEA AND WHO ARE FOREVER REMEMBERED BY THEIR FRIENDS

Components

Component	Material(s)	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
PEDESTAL	STONE - PORTLAND	21 IN			GOOD
SCULPTURE	BRONZE	21 IN			GOOD

Physical Description

WOUNDED MARINE WITH COMRADE STANDING OVER HIM DEFENDING HIM WITH LEVELLED RIFLE AND BAYONET. SURMOUNTS PEDESTAL WHICH HAS BRONZE PLAQUES ON IT

6 OCLOCK FACE: CORPS BADGE, BRONZE PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION

9 AND 3 OCLOCK FACE: RELIEF DEPICTION OF ACTION AT GRASPAN AND REPULSE OF CHINESE ATTACK ON PEKING LEGATION

CARVED DOLPHINS ON EACH CORNER SYMBOLISE NAVAL SERVICE

Wars Commemorated & People Remembered

War	China (19C and 20C)
Total names on memorial:	45
Served & Returned	0
Died	45
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	rank > forename > regiment
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, regiment, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	South African Wars
Total names on memorial:	25
Served & Returned	0
Died	25
Is this an exact count?	Yes, an exact count
How are the names ordered?	rank > forename > regiment
What information is listed on the memorial?	rank, regiment, forename
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Northern Ireland
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Former Yugoslavia (1991-1999)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	Gulf Conflict (1990-1991)
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

War	20th Century Wars
Total names on memorial:	0
Served & Returned	0
Died	0
Is this an exact count?	Not known
How are the names ordered?	Not known
What information is listed on the memorial?	None
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM?	No

Maintenance

Are the letters difficult to read?	No
Who is responsible for the memorial?
Maintenance History:

Ceremonies

Date:	25TH APRIL 1903

Role	Performed By
UNVEILING	HRH PRINCE OF WALES

Date:	29TH OCTOBER 2001

Role	Performed By
RE-DEDICATED	HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Sponsorships

Sponsorship Type:	Other
Did this include a trust or scholarship?	No
Did this include a roll of honour?	NOT APPLICABLE
Cost of Site:	Not known
Cost of Memorial:	Not known
Comments on Costs:

Craftsmen

Name	Occupation
SIR THOMAS GRAHAM JACKSON	ARCHITECT
CAPTAIN ADRIAN JONES	SCULPTOR

References

Co-ordinator's Comments:	NOW TERMED THE ROYAL MARINE NATIONAL MEMORIAL AFTER IT WAS REDESIGNED AND UNVEILED BY HRH PRINCE PHILIP AS CAPTAIN GENERAL OF THE ROYAL MARINES ON 29TH OCT 2001
Comments:
Photographs:	7
Other Documents:	None
Form / Letter:	F
Negatives:	No
Drawings / Plans:	No
Minutes:	No
Publications:	1

Publication Name	Author	Date Published	Page / Date
FOR REMEMBRANCE AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902	GILDEA, JAMES	1911	P 125
LONDON STATUES: A GUIDE TO LONDONS OUTDOOR STATUES AND SCULPTURE	BYRON, A	1981	P 356
ADRIAN JONES	HODSON-PRESSINGER, SELWYN	1996	51-2
The Globe and Laurel			Nov/Dec 1999
The Sheet Anchor			9-17 / Vol XIV NO. 1 Summer 1989

Organisation	Id	Website
	130MISC
National Archives	WORKS/20/138 AND WORKS/20/239