Portsmouth’s Simple D-Day Memorial
Recd. 8 p.m. London, June 8. Portsmouth's p-Day memorial, which was unveiled by Viscount Montgomery, takes the form ot a simple white stone anti-invasion block. On one side 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 the company of powerful allies, many thousands of our men embarked on the great adventure of liberating Europe and achieved their object" The unveiling ceremony was watched by 20,000 people, including representatives of all 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 special delegation.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 9 June 1948, Page 5
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