Malta Memorial

Malta Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Dedicated to Second World War Commonwealth aircrew
Used for those deceased
Location	35°53′40.57″N 014°30′28.27″E / 35.8946028°N 14.5078528°E / 35.8946028; 14.5078528 (Malta Memorial)Coordinates: 35°53′40.57″N 014°30′28.27″E / 35.8946028°N 14.5078528°E / 35.8946028; 14.5078528 (Malta Memorial) near Valletta
Total commemorated	2,298
OVER THESE AND NEIGHBOURING LANDS AND SEAS THE AIRMEN WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED HERE FELL IN RAID OR SORTIE AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE MALTA GIBRALTAR MEDITERRANEAN ADRIATIC TUNISIA SICILY ITALY YUGOSLAVIA AUSTRIA PROPOSITI INSULA TENAX TENACES VIROS COMMEMORAT

The Malta Memorial is a commemorative war memorial monument to the 2,298 Commonwealth aircrew who lost their lives in the various Second World War air battles and engagements around the Mediterranean, and who have no known grave.^[1][2]

After the war ended, and with its pivotal contribution to the air war in the Mediterranean, Malta was the chosen location of the memorial. Built on land generously donated by the Government of Malta,^[3] it is located in the area of Floriana, to the south side of the Triton Fountain close to City Gate, the entrance to Malta's capital city, Valletta.

The Malta Memorial is identified by the gilded bronze Golden Eagle which surmounts the 15 m (49 ft) column of Travertine marble, from Trivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome.^[4] It is carved with a light netted pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are inscribed on bronze panels. At the base of the column itself, a bronze panel bears the following inscription:^[3]

“

OVER THESE AND NEIGHBOURING LANDS AND SEAS THE AIRMEN WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED HERE FELL IN RAID OR SORTIE AND HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE MALTA GIBRALTAR MEDITERRANEAN ADRIATIC TUNISIA SICILY ITALY YUGOSLAVIA AUSTRIA PROPOSITI INSULA TENAX TENACES VIROS COMMEMORAT*

”

The Latin epigram may be rendered in English: AN ISLAND RESOLUTE OF PURPOSE REMEMBERS RESOLUTE MEN.^[3]

Those remembered on the memorial include:

• Lloyd Allan Trigg VC DFC (5 May 1914–11 August 1943), of Houhora, New Zealand, a pilot in the RNZAF. He was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy for British and Commonwealth armed forces. His award is unique, as it was awarded on evidence solely provided by the enemy, for an action in which there were no surviving Allied witnesses to corroborate his gallantry.^[5]
• Russell Foskett, Australian flying ace
• 285 men from the Royal Canadian Air Force^[3]

References

1. ^ "CWGC in Malta". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/admin/files/cwgc_malta.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
2. ^ Cemetery Details
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Malta Memorial, Malta". Veterans Affairs, Canada. http://www.acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/ww2mem/malta. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
4. ^ "Malta Memorial, Malta". Veterans Affairs, Canada. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/directions/malta. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
5. ^ Casualty details—Trigg, Lloyd Alan, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved on 29 October 2008.

External links

• The Malta Memorial at Floriana

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