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Title
The Woolacombe Memorial
Medium
granite & brass
Measurements
H 240 x W 111 x D 39 cm
Accession number
EX34_RM_S008
Acquisition method
commissioned by Parkin Estates
Work type
War memorial
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
May 1992
Access
at all times
Inscription description
etched on five slim plaques set into the stone within shallow channels in a descending sequence, on the first: THE WOOLACOMBE MEMORIAL; on the second: IN THE AUTUMN OF 1943 THE UNITED STATES ARMY / ASSAULT TRAINING CENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED AT WOOLACOMBE WITH / HEADQUARTERS IN THE VILLAGE AND ENCOMPASSED WOOLACOMBE AND / SAUNTON SANDS, THEIR ADJACENT HINTERLANDS, / AND THE SEA APPROACHES.; on the third: ON THE SIXTH OF JUNE 1944 THREE ALLIED ARMIES - BRITISH, / CANADIAN AND AMERICAN INVADED THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE / OVER THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED BEACHES OF NORMANDY - / IT WAS THE GREATEST AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT IN MILITARY HISTORY AND / WAS A DECISIVE BATTLE OF WORLD WAR II.; on the fourth: THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THOSE THOUSANDS OF / AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHOSE PREPARATION ON THE SANDS OF / WOOLACOMBE AND SAUNTON IN THE MONTHS PRECEDING D-DAY / CARRIED THEM TO GLORIOUS VICTORY ON THE SANDS OF NORMANDY; and on the fifth: COMMISSIONED AND PRESENTED BY / STANLEY V. PARKIN OF PARKIN ESTATES, WOOLACOMBE / DEDICATED BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL PAUL W. THOMPSON / U.S. ARMY RETIRED COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY / ASSAULT TRAINING CENTRE. 1943 - 1944
The Esplanade, Woolacombe
EX34 7DL
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