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Royal Marines Memorial
The Royal Marines Memorial, also known as the Graspan Royal Marines Memorial, is an outdoor bronze sculpture by Adrian Jones, installed on the north side of The Mall in London, United Kingdom. Located next to Admiralty Arch, the 1903 memorial commemorates the Royal Marines who died in the Boxer Rebellion in China and the Second Boer War in Africa, and depicts two figures on a Portland stone plinth.
Description.
The memorial features two bronze figures on a Portland stone plinth. Brass lettering laid in
remain on some of the dispersed sites, used for a variety of purposes.
During the 1992 reunion a memorial was dedicated at a crossroads near the airfield.
Major units assigned.
- Royal Air Force
- 88 Squadron (1 Aug 1941 - 29 Sep 1942)
- 320 Squadron (Netherlands) (30 Mar - 30 Aug 1942)
- 247 Squadron (7 - 13 Aug 1943)
- United States Army Air Forces
- 319th Bombardment Group (12 September 1942 - November 1942)