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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Dover
- Town
- Dover
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 14th May 1946
Attended by: Mr Leon-Elie Troclet
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58095
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Current location
End wall of last house
Private House
Junction Of Effingham St And Saxon St
Dover
Dover
Kent
CT17 9RT
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 31579 41561
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Grey stone tablet
- Inscription
- ON MAY 14TH MAY 1946, M. LEON-ELIE TROCKET, BELGIAN/ MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY UNVEILED/ THIS TABLET TO COMMEMORATE THE ARRIVAL OF BELGIAN/ WORKERS, WHO AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION,/ CAME TO HELP THE REBUILDING OF DOVER, OUTPOST/ OF FREEDOM FROM 1939 TO 1945
- Inscription legible?
- no
- 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
- Tablet
Measurements: depth ?, height c450, width c600
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- History
- 2004: reported as needing repair to lettering
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Bygone Kent p485/6, August 2004
- Dover Express 24 May 1946 Headline: The Belgian WorkersArrival. Ministers at Dover Ceremony
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