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Title
D-Day Memorial
Date
1994
Medium
granite
Measurements
H 150 x W 90 x D 90 cm (E)
Accession number
NP20_MB_S028
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Newport City Council
Custodian
Newport City Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
6th June 1994
Access
at all times
Inscription description
IN MEMORY OF THE ALLIED / INVASION OF EUTOPE ON / 6TH JUNE 1944 / THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY THE / PEOPLE OF NEWPORT ON 6th JUNE / 1994 TO COMMEMORATE THE 50th / ANNIVERSARY OF THE D-DAY / LANDINGS BY THE ALLIED FORCES IN / NORMANDY DURING WORLD WAR II. / AMONG THOSE WHO LANDED IN THE / VICINITY OF ASNELLES, ON THAT PART / OF THE NORMANDY COASTLINE / CODE-NAMED GOLD BEACH, WAS THE / 2nd BATTALION THE SOUTH / WALES BORDERERS. / THE BRAVE ACTIONS OF ALL THOSE / WHO PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION / OVERLORD, INCLUDING THE MEN AND / WOMEN OF NEWPORT, WILL NEVER BE / FORGOTTEN.
