A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Newport -
- Normandy Veterans Association memorial bench -

Location

Formerly at : St Thomas Square, Newport, Isle of Wight

Currently at : Military Vehicle Museum, Northwood, Isle of Wight
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40748
 
Description

A bench in the Square, bearing a small plaque. Installed June 1994 on 50th Anniversary of D-day.

Believed to have been removed in 2003 following vandalism, and now stored in the workshop at the Military Vehicle Museum.

Memorial

Newport : Normandy Veterans Association memorial bench
 
Inscription

PRESENTED BY THE I.O.W. BRANCH
NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION
TO COMMEMORATE
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF D DAY
AND THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN


 


Newport : Normandy Veterans Association memorial bench
 
Newport : Normandy Veterans Association memorial bench
 
The bench at the Military Vehicle Museum at Northwood in 2008
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Page updated 3rd June 2008


 
 

 
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