PORTSMOUTH’S TRIBUTE
D-DAY MEMORIAL UNVEILEE) N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent Rec. 10 p.m. LONDON. June 8. Portsmouth’s D-Day memorial which was unveiled by Field-marshal Lord Montgomery, takes the form of a simple white stone anti-invasion block. It is engraved: “ 1940, France and the Low Countries having been over-run, we laboured alone to obstruct our coasts with such blocks as this against invasion by the enemies of freedom. On the other, it bears this inscription: “ 1945. Yet from this very beach in company of powerful Allies, many thousands of our men embarked on the great adventure of liberating Europe, and achieved their objective.” The unveiling ceremony was watched by 20.000 people, including representatives of all the three services and of the armed forces of the United States and France. The Mayor and council of Arromanches, on whose beaches the landing took place, sent a specia eldlo eg tain, a special delegation.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26793, 9 June 1948, Page 5
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