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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CWGC in Malta )〕〔(Cemetery Details )〕 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,〔 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 column of Travertine marble, from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Malta Memorial, Malta )〕 It is carved with a light netted pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle 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:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Malta Memorial, Malta )〕 The Latin epigram may be rendered in English: AN ISLAND RESOLUTE OF PURPOSE REMEMBERS RESOLUTE MEN.〔 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.〔(Casualty details—Trigg, Lloyd Alan ), Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved on 29 October 2008.〕 *Russell Foskett, Australian flying ace *285 men from the Royal Canadian Air Force〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malta Memorial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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