D-Day Monument Portsmouth

Dit monument herdenkt de Geallieerde invasie op de stranden van Noord-Frankrijk, beter bekend als D-day. De tekst op het monument luidt: (In de richting van de zee) [i]"D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944."[/] (In de richting van het binnenland - links) [i]"1940 FRANCE AND THE LOW COUNTRIES HAVING BEEN OVERRUN WE LABOURED ALONE TO OBSTRUCT OUR COASTS WITH SUCH BLOCKS AS THIS AGAINST INVASION BY THE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM"[/i] (In de richting van het binnenland - rechts) [i]"1944 YET FROM THIS VERY BEACH IN THE COMPANY OF POWERFUL ALLIES MANY THOUSANDS OF OUR MEN EMBARKED ON THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF LIBERATING EUROPE AND ACHIEVED THEIR OBJECTIVE."[/i] (Onder in de muur) [i]"THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY FIELD MARSHAL The Rt Hon the VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN K.G.,G.C.B.,D.S.O. ON THE 6th JUNE 1948 FRANK MILES JP LORD MAYOR V.BLANCHARD L.L.M. TOWN CLERK A.J.SHARPE F.R.I.B.A. CITY ARCHITECT"[/i]