D-Day Memorial Portsmouth

This memorial is dedicated to the Allied invasion on the beaches of Northern France, also known as D-day. The text on the memorial reads: (Facing the Sea) [i]"D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944."[/] (Facing inland - left) [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] (Facing Inland - Right) [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] (Below in the wall) [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]