Evacuation of Dunkirk Memorial Plaque - Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
N 53° 00.278 W 002° 10.963
30U E 554841 N 5873098
The memorial plaque to commemorate the evacuation of Dunkirk and beaches and those who lost their lives, is located on the Stoke New Cenotaph outside the Kings Hall, Kingsway in Stoke.
Waymark Code: WM13ZFN
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/19/2021
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The memorial plaque to commemorate the evacuation of Dunkirk and beaches and those who lost their lives, is located on the Stoke New Cenotaph outside the Kings Hall, Kingsway in Stoke.
The Stoke Dunkirk Veterans memorial plaque is a rectangular metal plaque with the inscription in relief and the badge of the Dunkirk Veterans Association.
The inscription reads as follows;
"1940
DUNKIRK VETERANS ASSOCIATION
STOKE-ON-TRENT BRANCH
The badge of the Dunkirk Veterans Association.
TO COMMEMORATE THE EVACUATION
OF DUNKIRK AND BEACHES
MAY - JUNE 1940
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
NEVER RETURNED
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
Date of Dedication: 07/10/1938
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: Freely Accessible 24/7
Location of waymark:
Kingsway, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
Commemoration: The evacuation of Dunkirk and Beaches and those who did not return.
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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