D-Day Memorial - Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
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A small memorial located near the tanks outside the D-Day Museum commemorates the 40th anniversary of the D-Day Landings.
Waymark Code: WMFRNN
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/24/2012
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The memorial is a small, granite block with a series of bronze plaques which read:
'D-Day 40
6th June 1944 - 6th June 1984
This plaque was unveiled by the Right Worshipful The Lord Mayor
of Portsmouth, Councillor John S Marshall C.B.E. on 13th June 1984
on the occasion of the planting of twelve oak trees by the
following countries, cities and organisations to commemorate
the fortieth anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy.
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, United States of America.
City of Portsmouth
Ville de Bayeux
Aircrew Association
Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women
British Red Cross Society
Ville de Caen
Ville de Le Havre
D-Day and Normandy Fellowship
Normandy Veterans' Association
Southampton Master Mariners
Woman's Royal Voluntary Service'
Date of Dedication: 06/06/1984
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: Free Access
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Clarence Esplanade
Southsea
Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom
Commemoration: D-Day Landings
Access times: Not listed
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