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The Combined Services Memorial (read more here) is located in the Cloisters of the Abbey.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:16:27 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/4735-10/Westminster+abbey+roll+of+honour.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/Westminster+abbey+roll+of+honour/ https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/Westminster+abbey+roll+of+honour/Cdo+Battle+Honours+Flag+service+2.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/Westminster+abbey+roll+of+honour/Cdo+Battle+Honours+Flag+service+2.jpg.html
Photo found in a Commando Association booklet dated 1978 called "The Commando Memorial and A Short History of the Commandos 1940-45" purchased at the time by my father Joe Rogers MM for the princely sum of 30p. Provided courtesy of Pete Rogers
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Photo found in a Commando Association booklet dated 1978 called "The Commando Memorial and A Short History of the Commandos 1940-45" purchased at the time by my father Joe Rogers MM for the princely sum of 30p. Provided courtesy of Pete Rogers
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Gilbert Ledward's Commando Soldier model for the Combined Services Memorial in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey. Photo courtesy of John Musson.

information update:
The model for this statue was one CSM Ayres, information supplied by The Westminster Abbey.
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The model for this statue was one CSM Ayres.
The inscription below the statue reads:
“To the Glory of God and in memory of all ranks of the Commandos who fell in the Second World War 1939-1945”. “They performed whatsoever the King commanded”.
information supplied by The Westminster Abbey. Nick Collins, 17 Feb 2012.
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The Battle Honours Flag of the Commandos
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