One of the less visible memorials in the gardens is the bed of 50 peace roses planted to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the D-Day landing of the 6th June 1944.
What a difference a Monday morning weed and edging can make ...
This is what it looked like at 9:30 ...
As well as needing a few more roses to get back to 50, the plaque needs a bit of a renovation.
The Normandy Veterans' Association (NVA) was an association formed in 1981 of ex-servicemen and women who served in the 1944 Normandy invasion.
The association was represented at the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy in June 2014. Due to dwindling numbers the association decided to disband in November 2014. The last official engagement of the association took place at St Margaret's, Westminster (Westminster Abbey) on 16 October 2014.
The National Standard of the NVA was 'laid up' at Westminster Abbey with a plaque that reads: "The Standard of the Normandy Veterans' Association was laid up on Thursday 16th October 2014 in the presence of His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, KG., GCVO, Patron, Normandy Veterans Association".
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_Veterans%27_Association accessed 10/5/2022
Another memorial exists in the form of a black marble tablet in the North Side of the Chancel of St.Marys Church, Nottingham
it is inscribed ...
REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE NORMANDY LANDINGS IN JUNE 1944 - AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT CAMPAIGN In Thee·O Lord·I have put my trust Ps·71 ERECTED BY THE NOTTINGHAM BRANCH OF THE NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION ON THE 16TH JULY 1989
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