Projects - Baca Architects

Landscape & Art

Lympstone Memorial
Glasshouse
Fowlescombe Gardens
National Arboretum
Central Park
Portobello Green
Falklands Memorial
Crete Memorial
Operation Frankton

Operation Frankton

Bordeaux harbour > France

Client	Royal Marines Special Forces
Status	Proposed design
Team	Paul Carpenter Associates
Contractor	Albion Stone

The Memorial is to commemorate Operation Frankton, more popularly known as ‘The Cockleshell Heroes’ epic raid in November 1942 on enemy shipping in Bordeaux.

The Memorial remembers the 10 courageous Royal Marines, the bravery of the captain and crew of the submarine HMS Tuna and the courageous French citizens who assisted the Royal Marines.