The Battle for Normandy Memorial Plaque - Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
N 53° 00.278 W 002° 10.963
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The memorial plaque in remembrance of the Allied Forces who lost their lives in the Battle for Normandy, is located on the Stoke New Cenotaph outside the Kings Hall, Kingsway in Stoke.
Waymark Code: WM13YK0
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/14/2021
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The Normandy Memorial Plaque is one of four memorial plaques located on the Stoke New Cenotaph outside the Kings Hall, Kingsway in Stoke.
The Stoke Normandy Veterans Memorial plaque is a plain rectangular metal plaque with the inscription in relief and two shields.
The inscription reads as follows;
"NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION
STOKE - ON - TRENT BRANCH
Two relief shields
TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE
FOR NORMANDY
8TH JUNE TO 20TH AUGUST 1944
DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THE
ALLIED FORCES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THIS AND
OTHER BATTLES TO FREE EUROPE IN
WORLD WAR II
BLESSENT MON COEUR D'UNE
LANGUER MONOTONE
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
DONATED BY SWEETMORE ENG"
Date of Dedication: 07/10/1938
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: Freely Accessible 24/7
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Kingsway, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
Commemoration: The Battle for Normandy by Allied Forces
Access times: Not listed
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