Men and Women of Southampton Docks (D Day)

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Reference WMO/301404

Address:

Associated British Ports Management Office

Town Quay

Southampton

SO14 2AQ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Pair of metal plaques. Rectangular metal plaque with inscription in relief in white lettering. Coloured town and corporate crests on the upper left and upper right hand corner of the plaque. Second plaque has Hampshire and Southampton shields in top corners. Additionally, another plaque is located in the public area of terminal 1. Same description as above.
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D-DAY / 1944 - 1994 / IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS / CITY WHOSE WORK IN SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS AND / ELSEWHERE MADE POSSIBLE THE INVASION OF EUROPE / FIFTY YEARS AGO. THANKS TO THEIR EFFORTS, / OVER THREE AND A HALF MILLION MEN AND WOMEN, / TOGETHER WITH FOUR AND A HALF MILLION TONS OF / CARGO, PASSED THROUGH THE PORT BETWEEN D-DAY / AND THE END OF THE WAR. / THANKS BE TO GOD / DEDICATED BY THE BISHOP OF SOUTHAMPTON 5 JUNE 1994 D-DAY / 1944 - 1994 / IN WAREHOUSES THAT STOOD ON THIS QUAY LIVED / SOME OF THE MEN OF COMBINED OPERATIONS WHOSE / CEASELESS EFFORTS MADE POSSIBLE THE EMBARKATION / OF MILLIONS OF MEN AND THOUSANDS OF TONS OF / STORES FOR THE INVASION OF EUROPE. / ERECTED BY SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL / SUPPORTED BY HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL D-DAY / 1944 - 1994 / IN PREPARATION FOR D-DAY, THREE HARDS FOR / LANDING CRAFT WERE BUILT NEAR THIS SPOT / FROM RUBBLE OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN THE / SOUTHAMPTON BLITZ. / ERECTED BY SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL / SUPPORTED BY HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL /

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