A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Seaview -
- Operation Overlord Memorial -

Location

At High Street / Esplanade junction, Seaview, Isle of Wight
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

The memorial is not recorded by the War Memorials Archive.
 
Historic England Listing Status

The structure is not Listed.
 
Description

A metal plaque.

Memorial

Operation Overlord memorial
 
Inscription


OPERATION OVERLORD

SHIPS HOLDING THOUSANDS OF BRAVE TROOPS
FROM GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA, FRANCE
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SAILED OFF FROM SEAVIEW AND OTHER PORTS
TO THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY TO FREE EUROPE
FROM THE TYRANNY OF HITLER'S GERMANY

D DAY 6TH JUNE 1944


 

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