Memorial Plaque at HMS Devenport, Plymouth, Devon

The memorial plaque in HMS Devenport honours the 1530 men lost on June 8th 1940 from HMS Glorious, HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta.
It has engraved upon it these words:


IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE 1530 MEN SERVING
IN HM SHIPS GLORIOUS, ACASTA & ARDENT
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE NORWEGIAN SEA
8th JUNE 1940
“WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO BRAVELY FOUGHT AND
NOBLY FELL. WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE”