Location
In the Memorial Garden beside the main path.
Detail
THE OFFICERS AND MARINES
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION
IN FORT CUMBERLAND
ON 26th AUGUST 1940, DURING
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
TEMP 2ND LT C.B. HOBHOUSE
TEMP 2ND LT H.G. JAMESON
TEMP 2ND LT E.A.P. HILLAND
TEMP 2ND LT A.T.C. HOCKING
TEMP 2ND LT P.W. FITZJOHN
MARINE HAROLD WATSON
MARINE D.J. HOPKINS
MARINE B.J. COOKE
Further Information
This much travelled memorial stone was originally set into a brick gatepost at the entrance to Fort Cumberland which is 1km east of the museum. It guards
the entrance to Langstone Harbour. At some later stage it was moved to The Royal Marines Museum where it was set into a wall to the East of what is now the Memorial Garden. It was moved yet again when the garden was set up to it's present location. In 2004 it was decided that a copy of the original memorial should once again be raised at Fort Cumberland. It was dedicated on 18th July, 2004.
Details of the Fort Cumberland copy.
There are some photographs and further information of the bombing on Once A Marine Always A Marine by Tony Lang
Further details of Fort Cumberland can be found at www.hants.gov.uk/leisure/navdef/cumbfort. The fort is not normally open to the public, but hosts a National Archaeology Day each year when access to much of the site is available.
Details of the last resting places of the men mentioned on the memorial can be
found by searching against the individual name at www.cwgc.org
