The Normandy D Day Landings

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Reference WMO/138708

Address:

Rising Sun pub

Shore Road

Warsash

SO31 9FT

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
About the memorial: The plaque was unveiled by Countess Mountbatten of Burma in 1980.
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THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY/ THE RT HON THE COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA CD JP DL/ ON THE 28TH MAY 1980 THE NORMANDY/ D-DAY LANDINGS/ 6TH JUNE 1944/ ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 5TH 1944, 3000 COMANDOS SAILED FROM THE HAMBLE/ RIVER BOUND FOR FRANCE/ THEY EMBARKED FROM A PIER OPPOSITE THE RISING SUN IN 36 LANDING/ CRAFT OF THE 1ST L.C.I. (S) SQUADRON BASED ON H.M.S.TORMENTOR/ WARSASH./ IN THE LEADING CRAFT COMMANDED BY LIEUT-COMMANDER R CURTIS D.S.C./ R.N.V.R. SAILED BRIGADIER LORD LOVAT D.S.O. M.C. WITH HIS PIPER./ THE SKIRL OF THE BAGPIPES AND THE LONG LINE OF CRAFT, THEIR DECKS/ CROWDED WITH COMMANDOS IN GREEN BERETS, SET TROOPS IN THE WAITING/ TRANSPORTS CHEERING ACROSS THE ROADS, THE SOUND ECHOED FROM SHORE TO/ SHORE OF THE SOLENT./ MANY BRAVE MEN LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES THE NEXT DAY LEADING THE ASSAULT ON/ THE BEACHES. THEY DIED FOR THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE AND THE RIGHT OF/ OUR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM./ THE FOLLOWING UNITS SAILED FROM THE RISING SUN PIER/ 1ST SPECIAL SERVICE BRIGADE (COMMANDOS) CONSISTING OF/ BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 3 AND 6 ARMY COMMANDOS. 45 ROYAL MARINE COMMANDO./ THE FRENCH COMMANDO 1ER BATAILLON FUDILIERS MARINS/ 4TH SPECIAL SERVICE BRIGADE (COMMANDOS)/ 41 AND 48 ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS/ 4 ARMY COMMANDO OF THE 1ST BRIGADE AND 46 AND 47 ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS OF THE/ 4TH BRIGADE SAILED INDEPENDENTLY FOR NORMANDY IN INFATRY LANDING SHIPS. THIS PLAQUE FACES THE RIVER HAMBLE WHERE/ THE LANDING CRAFT SAILED FROM

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