Royal Navy and US Navy D Day Amphibious Force

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Reference WMO/169448

Address:

South Embankment

Dartmouth

TQ6 9BH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A wall in a small garden with a tablet concerning the US Navy D Day forces on the riverside face, and a tablet for Dartmouth and Kingswear remembered on the roadside face. The memorial is opposite the public toilets.
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Riverside Tablet-FOR FREEDOM/THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED TO/COMMEMORATE THE SAILING FROM/THS PORT ON 3RD JUNE 1944 OF AN/AMPHIBIOUS FORCE OF 485 SHIPS OF/THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE UNITED/STATES NAVY TO TAKE PART IN THE/INVAION OF NORMANDY AND THE/LIBERATION OF THE OPPRESSED/COUNTRIES OF WESTERN EUROPE/ORIGINALLY UNVEILED ON JULY 12TH 1954/BY H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH/REFURBISHED BY THE L.S.T. &/LANDING CRAFT ASSOCIATED IN/MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN, BRITISH/AND COMMONWEALTH CREWS WHO/MANNED THESE SHIPS & CRAFT/ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES IN SO DOING/06-06-2003; Roadside Tablet- DARTMOUTH AND KINGSWEAR/REMEMBERED/THE EVENTS OF JUNE 1944/FIFTY YEARS LATER/UNVEILED BY L.T. FOWLER ESQ. WHO/COMMANDED LCT 2130 ON D-DAY

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