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
( rear plaque )
South Africa
Major J.H. Plumbe RMLI HMS Dori…
R.N. F.R.S.
Born 1728 Died 1779
Circumnavigator of the Globe · Explorer of the Pacific Ocean · He laid the Foundations of The British Empire in Austrailia and New Zealand
Charted the Shores of Newfoundland and Traver…