50th anniversary of D-Day -- Waterloo Station, London, Lambeth, UK
N 51° 30.227 W 000° 06.831
30U E 700299 N 5709799
A small plaque erected on 6 Jun 1994 at Waterloo Station commemorates the men of the Southern Railway who went ashore and died in the Allied Invasion of D-Day
Waymark Code: WMRWZM
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/15/2016
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This small plaque is located very near the 1914-1918 London and Northwestern Railway Roll of Honour and the 1939-1945 memorial to the men of the Southern Railway (successor to the LNWR) who perished in WWII at the York Road entry to Waterloo Station.
It was erected by Railtrack Southwest on 6 June 1994 to commemorate the men of the Southern Railway who died in the D Day invasion of 6 Jun 1944 that gave the Allies a foothold in France, and led to the defeat of Nazi Germany a year later.
The plaque reads as follows:
"In Commemoration of the
50th Anniversary of D-Day
6th June 1994
In memory of the railway employees
who gave their lives on the
6th June 1944
RAILTRACK
South West"
Date of Dedication: 06/06/1994
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: enter Waterloo Station from the York Road entrance
Access times: From: 4:30 AM To: 1:05 AM
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Waterloo Station
London, UK
Commemoration: Railway employees who died on 6 Jun 1944
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