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Part of the Allied Special Forces Association Grove near Watersmeet at the north end of the Arboretum
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
DE13 7AR
England
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- Stone Sandstone
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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RDED THE VICTORIA CROSS:-/ [Names...]/ THE CANADIAN SOLDIERS BORE THE BRUNT OF THE CASUALTIES, WITH 907 KILLED, 2,460 WOUNDED AND 1,874 TAKEN PRISONER./ OF THE 2,210 ALLIED SOLDIERS WHO RETURNED TO BRITAIN ONLY 236 WERE UNHURT. 200 OF THESE WERE MEN WHO HAD NOT BEEN ASHORE./ IN THE SKIES ABOVE DIEPPE 71 PILOTS AND 10 AIRCREW WERE EITHER KILLED OR MISSING. THE ROYAL AIRFORCE LOST 106 AIRCRAFT/ AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE LOST 13. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE THE HIGHEST LOSS IN A SINGLE DAY DURING THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR./ EFFORTS TO DOMINATE THE WATERS AROUND DIEPPE RESULTED IN 81 ROYAL NAVY OFFICERS, 469 OTHER NAVAL RANKS AND 34 SHIPS BEING LOST,/ INCLUDING THE DESTROYER HMS BERKELEY AND 5 TANK LANDING CRAFT./ THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT VALUABLE LESSONS WERE LEARNT DURING THIS RAID, WHICH HELPED TO SAVE COUNTLESS LIVES TWO YEARS LATER/ WHEN ON D-DAY THE 6TH JUNE 1944 THE COMBINED MIGHT OF THE ALLIED INVASION SWEPT ASHORE IN NORMANDY AND PUT AN END TO/ 4 YEARS OF TYRANNY AND EVENTUALLY FREED THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE FROM ENSLAVEMENT./ COMMEMORATING THE 65TH. ANNIVERSARY 18TH. AUGUST 2007/ [Plaque 3]: THE DIEPPE RAID - 18/19TH AUGUST 1942 - OPERATION 'JUBILEE'/ [Left-hand column]: GROUND FORCES UNDER THE COMMAND OF/ MAJOR GENERAL JOHN HAMILTON ROBERTS/ 2ND CANADIAN INFANTRY DIVISION/ 4TH. CANADIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE/ THE ESSEX SCOTTISH REGIMENT/ THE ROYAL HAMILTON LIGHT INFANTRY/ THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA/ 5TH. CANADIAN INFANTRY BIRGADE/ THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT) OF CANADA/ THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS/ 6TH. CANADIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE/ LES FUSILIERS MONT-ROYAL/ THE QUEENS OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA/ THE SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN REGIMENT/ 14TH. ARMOURED REGIMENT (THE CALGARY REGIMENT)/ 3RD. LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT (ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY)/ 4TH. FIELD REGIMENT (ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY)/ THE TORONTO SCOTTISH REGIMENT (MACHINE GUNS)/ UK/ NO. 3 AND 4 ARMY COMMANDO - NO 10 INTER-ALLIED COMMANDO/ ROYAL MARINE 'A' COMMANDO/ USA/ 1ST. UNITED STATES RANGER BATTALION/ FRANCE/ RESISTANCE FORCES [Right-hand column]: NAVAL FORCES UNDER THE COMMAND OF/ CAPTAIN JOHN HUGHES-HALLETT RN/ 8 DESTROYERS:-HMS ALRIGHTON, BERKELEY, BLEASDALE, BROCKLESBY,/ CALPE, FERNIE, GARTH AND ORP SLAZAK (POLISH)/ 1 GUNBOAT: HMS LOCUST/ 9TH. MINESWEEPER FLOTILLA, 13TH. MINESWEEPER FLOTILLA,/ 9 LANDING SHIPS/ 12 MOTOR GUNBOATS, 4 STEAM GUNBOATS & 20 MOTOR LAUNCHES. AIR FORCES UNDER THE COMMAND OF/ AIR VICE MARSHALL TRAFFORD LEIGH MALLORY/ ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND NO. 11 GROUP/ SQUADRONS/ 46 SPITFIRE, 3 TYPHOON, 8 HURRICANE, 4 MUSTANG, 5 BOSTON/ 1 BLENHEIM & 2 BEAUFIGHTER/ ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ 9 FIGHTER SQUADRONS/ UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE/ 97TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP/ 4 BOMBER SQUADRONS B-17'S/ COMMEMORATING THE 65TH. ANNIVERSARY 18TH. AUGUST 2007/ [Plaque 4, map]: OPERATION JUBILEE [Plaque 5]: THE DIEPPE RAID MEMORIAL/ THE 'OLD RED SANDSTONE' USED IN THE CREATION/ OF THIS GARDEN WERE (sic) EXCAVATED FROM A QUARRY/ AT CONSALL HALL LANDSCAPE GARDENS ON THE/ STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS/ THEY WERE GIFTED BY/ BILL PODMORE OBE/
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