Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Sandown
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68257
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Current location
Sandown Airport
Scotchells Brook Lane
Sandown
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
PO36 0JP
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 57767 84028
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular, black, marble stone of remembrance with an emblem at the top and the dedication below in gold lettering.
- Inscription
- "IN COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION/ OF THE COMBINED FORCES/ WHO FELL DURING/ THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN"/ 6th JUNE 1944/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED/ AT SANDOWN AIRPORT/ ON THE 6th JUNE 2004/ BY HM. LORD LIEUTENANT/ OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT/ C.D.J. BLAND. ESQ.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black
- Stone of remembrance
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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