King's Own Malta Regiment Memorial - Floriana, Malta
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N 35° 53.596 E 014° 30.498
33S E 455624 N 3972221
The King's Own Malta Regiment Memorial is located in a small park opposite Trig Sant Anna on the northeast corner of Floriana, Malta.
Waymark Code: WM11PQX
Location: Malta
Date Posted: 11/28/2019
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A 15' high marble obelisk, set on a pair of steps, honors the men of the King's Own Malta Regiment of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 10th battalions who died in both the First and Second World Wars.
The front of the obelisk contains a large Latin cross and the following inscriptions.
On the shaft:
GHAS-SEBH TA' ALLA U
L-GEH TA' ART TWELIDNA
(LISTEN TO GOD AT SUNRISE)
and on the base:
MA TLUGH U NZUL IX-XEMX NIETAKRU FIHOM
(REMEMBER THEM AT SUNSET)
The back of the monument has the dedication on the base:
1ST & 2ND BATTALIONS
{bronze emblem of the King's Own Malta Regiment}
KING'S OWN MALTA
REGIMENT OF MILITIA
The shaft contains an inscription and a list of names:
TAW HAJJITHOM
FL-EWWEL GWERRA
DINJIJA
1914-1918
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
1914-1918
PTE G. AQUILINA
PTE V. CAMILLERI
Capt. P. MICALLEF M.D.
L/CPL F. ABELA
PTE G. AGIUS
L/CPL E. AQUILINA
L/CPL M. AQUILINA
PTE A. BARRETT
PTE G. BUHAGIAR
PTE F. CAMILLERI
L/CPL L. CHETCUTI
PTE G. DECAPLO
PTE G. FARPUGIA
PTE P. FARPUGIA
PTE C. GALEA
L/CPL C. GATT
PTE G. GATT
PTE S. GREECH
LT H. HUBER
2/LT E. HUBER
PTE G. MIGALLEF
PTE S. MIGALLEF
LT P. MIGALLEF
SGT S. MIFSUD
PTE G. MIGALLEF
PTE P. PACE
PTE G. SALIB
SGT M. SAMMUT
LT A. VELLA
PTE C. VELLA
PTE G. RACE
PTE D. SPITERI
PTE G. VELLA
A side of the monument has the dedication on
the base:
1ST, 2ND, 3rd, & 10th
BATTALIONS
{bronze emblem of the King's Own Malta Regiment}
KING'S OWN MALTA
REGIMENT
MALTA 1940 - 1942
The shaft contains an inscription and a list of names:
TAW HAJJITHOM
FL-QADI TA' DMIRHOM
FIT-TIENI GWERRA
DINJIJA
1939 - 1945
GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES
SECOND WAR WORLD
1939 - 1945
PTE A. ABELA
LT C. ABELA
PTE J. ABELA
PTE G. ATTARD
PTE P. ATTARD
PTE C. AZZOPARDI
L/CPL E. BAJONA
PTE G. BONELLO
PTE S. BONELLO
PTE G. CAMILLERI
PTE L. CAMILLERI
PTE M. DEBONO
PTE S. DEBONO
PTE L. GATT
PTE E. GRIMA
PTE R. McGILL
PTE C. MIFSUD
PTE D. MIFSUD
PTE J. SCIBERRAS
PTE J. SPITERI
PTE E. TANTI
CPL A. VASSALLO
PTE J. VELLA.
PTE V. VELLA.
L/CPL P. XUEREB