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Title
D-Day Memorial
Date
1948
Medium
concrete & stone
Accession number
PO4_MP_S056
Work type
War memorial
Owner
City of Portsmouth
Custodian
City of Portsmouth
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
6th June 1948
Access
at all times
Inscription description
side 1: D DAY; side 2: 6 JUNE 1944; side 3: 1940 / FRANCE AND THE LOW / COUNTRIES HAVING BEEN / OVERRUN WE LABOURED / ALONE TO OBSTRUCT / OUR COASTS WITH SUCH / BLOCKS AS THIS AGAINST / INVASION BY THE / ENEMIES OF FREEDOM; side 4:1944 / YET FROM THIS VERY / BEACH IN THE COMPANY / OF POWERFUL ALLIES / MANY THOUSANDS OF / OUR MEN EMBARKED ON / THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF / LIBERATING EUROPE AND / ACHIEVED THEIR OBJECTIVE; embedded plaque: THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY / FIELD MARSHAL The Rt Hon the VISCOUNT / MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN K.G. G.C.B. D.S.O. / ON 6th JUNE 1948 FRANK MILES JP / LORD MAYOR V.BLANCHARD L.L.M. / TOWN CLERK A.J. SHARPE F.R.I.B.A. / CITY ARCHITECT
