Dit monument herdenkt de Geallieerde invasie op de stranden van Noord-Frankrijk, beter bekend als D-day. De tekst op het monument luidt:
(In de richting van de zee)
"D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944."[/]
(In de richting van het binnenland - links)
"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"
(In de richting van het binnenland - rechts)
"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."
(Onder in de muur)
"THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY
FIELD MARSHAL The Rt Hon the VISCOUNT
MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN K.G.,G.C.B.,D.S.O.
ON THE 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"
Heeft u zelf meer informatie over deze locatie? Lever het aan!