Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Medina
- Town
- Seaview
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 67715
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Current location
At junction of High Street and Esplanade
attached to same structure as plaque commemorating French invasion
High Street
Seaview
Medina
Isle Of Wight
PO34 5HA
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 62962 91661
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Metal rectangluar plaque with inscription on wooden backboard.
- Inscription
- 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
- 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
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/others/seaviewoverlord.htm
- French Invasion 1545 memorial.
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