Dunkirk Veterans Association

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Reference WMO/107472

Address:

Dover Promenade

Dover

CT17 9FS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Description: Composite
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Cairn with a bronze figure disembarking from a boat. Below is a plaque which bears the inscription. There are two bronze badges, one in each side of the cairn, erected 35 years after the Battle of Dunkirk.
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This memorial was erected on 16th August 1975 the 35th anniversary of the Battler of Dunkirk. During the period May10th & 1st June 1940 British, British Commonwealth and Allied Troops were evacuated to Dover. The memorial not only pays tribute to the bravery and discipline of the servicemen but to the courage of the crews of the armada of little ships which assisted, and the people of the Port of Dover who received them.

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