Normandy Veterans Memorial, St Nicholas Church Gardens, Whitehaven - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

The memorial is in the form of a metal plaque mounted on a slate backing. The plaque is located on a gate post in the garden.

The plaque carries the crest of the Normandy veterans Association at the top of the plaque. The inscription reads

IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY

6^TH JUNE TO THE 20^TH AUGUST 1944

AND THE FOLLOWING BATTLES

WHICH LED TO THE LIBERATION OF

WESTERN EUROPE

V.E. DAY 8^TH MAY 1945

 

LEST WE FORGET

UNVEILED SUNDAY 6^TH JUNE 1993

BY GENERAL SIR JOHN MOGG GCB CBE DSO AND BAR

Date of Dedication: 06/06/1993 Property Permission: Public Location of waymark: St Nicholas Churchyard Whitehaven, Cumbria UK Commemoration: Normandy Veterans Access instructions: Not listed Access times: Not listed Website for Waymark: Not listed

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