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Background imagePlaque Collection: Australian 5th Division Memorial, plaque detail, Polygon Woo

Australian 5th Division Memorial, plaque detail, Polygon Wood Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque to Capt Robertson VC, Merlijn Restaurant, Ypres area

Plaque to Capt Robertson VC, Merlijn Restaurant, Ypres area Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: D21 Bty, Canadian Field Artillery, Plaque, Zonnebeke Church

D21 Bty, Canadian Field Artillery, Plaque, Zonnebeke Church Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Memorial Plaque to Lt Littleboy, Geluveld Church

Memorial Plaque to Lt Littleboy, Geluveld Church Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Ross Bastiaan Australian Plaque. Passendale Square

Ross Bastiaan Australian Plaque. Passendale Square Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque to Canadian Lt Bellew VC, Vancouver Corner

Plaque to Canadian Lt Bellew VC, Vancouver Corner Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Gournier Farm Bunker with detail of 38th Welsh Div Plaque

Gournier Farm Bunker with detail of 38th Welsh Div Plaque Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque to Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, Iron Cros, Pilkem Ridge

Plaque to Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, Iron Cros, Pilkem Ridge Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque to Pte Whitham VC, Pilckem Ridge (3)

Plaque to Pte Whitham VC, Pilckem Ridge (3) Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque to 15th Bn, 48th Can Highlanders, Gas Attack, St Juli

Plaque to 15th Bn, 48th Can Highlanders, Gas Attack, St Juliaan Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Canadian Maple Leaf Plaque, Mont des Cats Abbey

Canadian Maple Leaf Plaque, Mont des Cats Abbey Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Canadian Memorial Plaque, wall of Mont des Cats Abbey

Canadian Memorial Plaque, wall of Mont des Cats Abbey Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque to Brig Somerset & 2nd & 5th Glos, 1940, CWGC Cassel

Plaque to Brig Somerset & 2nd & 5th Glos, 1940, CWGC Cassel Date: 2016

Background imagePlaque Collection: Photograph of Lord Dudley Gordon unveiling a plaque

Photograph of Lord Dudley Gordon unveiling a plaque commemorating the founding of IMechE on the site. At the time, being the Curzon Street goods offices of the London Midland Region

Background imagePlaque Collection: The Surrender Room, Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen

The Surrender Room, Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen
The old Hotel de Wereld was the scene of the German surrender to the Dutch. To the right of the entrance is a Commemorative Plaque recording that

Background imagePlaque Collection: Airborne Forces Plaque, old St Elisabeths Hospital

Airborne Forces Plaque, old St Elisabeths Hospital
The image is that of the old hospital in the form that it was during the battle. In 2000 the building was converted into apartments

Background imagePlaque Collection: Incredible Patrol Plaque, Elst Town Hall, Holland

Incredible Patrol Plaque, Elst Town Hall, Holland
Following the failure of Operation Market Garden to establish a foothold across the Rhine at Arnhem, the front line effectively lay along the river itself

Background imagePlaque Collection: Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery

Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery
This is in the back right hand corner of a Cemetery of Honour which was laid out in 1971.The Dutch flag flies here and there is a plaque to The Fallen 1940-1945

Background imagePlaque Collection: Guards Memorial Plaque, Nijmegen Bridge, Holland

Guards Memorial Plaque, Nijmegen Bridge, Holland
The Cornelius Ryan book, A Bridge Too Far has at its centre the final struggle at the bridge at Arnhem, which was indeed a Bridge Too Far

Background imagePlaque Collection: Irish Guards Memorial plaque, Joes Bridge

Irish Guards Memorial plaque, Joes Bridge
This is on a small stone plinth beside the canal. The crossing here is known as the De Groote Barrier and the bridge was taken one week before Operation Market Garden began

Background imagePlaque Collection: 9th Para & 1st Canadian Para Bns Memorial, Varaville

9th Para & 1st Canadian Para Bns Memorial, Varaville
This grey marble Memorial was erected on the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. At the bottom is a bronze plaque presented to Varaville by Canadian 1st Para veterans and unveiled in June 1997

Background imagePlaque Collection: 1st Special Service Brigade Memorial, le Plain

1st Special Service Brigade Memorial, le Plain
The Brigade comprised Numbers 4, 5, 6 Commando, 45 Royal Marine Commando and No 10 Inter Allied Commando. They are all commemorated on a plaque at the bottom of the cross

Background imagePlaque Collection: The June 1944 Cross, Ranville CWGC Cemetery

The June 1944 Cross, Ranville CWGC Cemetery
This stone cross is roughly in the centre of the Cemetery and has a bronze plaque with the emblem of the Airborne Forces on it, and remembers simply, June 1944

Background imagePlaque Collection: 7th Light Infantry Battalion, Parachute Regiment

7th Light Infantry Battalion, Parachute Regiment
This religious stone Memorial, which stands opposite Benouville Mairie, has the inscription PAX at the bottom and is faced with a plaque commemorating the Paras

Background imagePlaque Collection: Liberation of the 1st Town Hall, Benouville, Normandy

Liberation of the 1st Town Hall, Benouville, Normandy
This plaque, on the wall of the Mairie just up the road from what became known as Pegasus Bridge, claims that Liberation came at 2345 hours on 5 June

Background imagePlaque Collection: Com Deb Sig Liberation Memorial, Oistreham

Com Deb Sig Liberation Memorial, Oistreham
Ten distinctive Comite du Debarquement Memorials were put up at stragegic points to commemorate the landings and the Liberation. This one, which has beside it a No

Background imagePlaque Collection: First HQ in France for journalists covering the invasion

First HQ in France for journalists covering the invasion
The Press had established themselves in Bernieres by 1030 hours on D-Day in the Hotel de Grave, now a private house, No 288, Rue du Regiment de la Chaudiere

Background imagePlaque Collection: Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Courseulles, Normandy

Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Courseulles, Normandy
This plaque, which is on a small pillar at the entrance to Juno Beach at Courseulles, carries the Regimental badge with battle honours of WW1 - e.g. Passchendaele, Mount Sorrell, Cambrai and Vimy

Background imagePlaque Collection: Canadian and Belgian Memorials at Juno Beach entrance

Canadian and Belgian Memorials at Juno Beach entrance
Metal plaques placed near the sea are inevitably corroded by the salt air. Those in this stone pillar, at the beach entrance, are no exception

Background imagePlaque Collection: Royal Winnipeg & 1st Canadian Scottish Memorial

Royal Winnipeg & 1st Canadian Scottish Memorial
This double memorial has a plaque to the Rifles on the left and to the Scottish on the right. Between them is a poem by Paul Eluard

Background imagePlaque Collection: Pierre Clostermann Memorial, Bazenville, Normandy

Pierre Clostermann Memorial, Bazenville, Normandy
Clostermann, the First Free French pilot to land in Normandy (ALG B2), held the DFC and Bar and the Legion d Honneur. The Memorial is in the shape of a Spitfire wing

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque to Cruiser Montcalm, Port en Bessin Normandy

Plaque to Cruiser Montcalm, Port en Bessin Normandy
The Free French Ship Montcalm was one of the three Cruisers in Bombarding Force C which supported the American Landings on Omaha Beach. It later took part in Operations in the Mediterranean

Background imagePlaque Collection: British 6th Airborne Memorial, Putot en Auge Normandy

British 6th Airborne Memorial, Putot en Auge Normandy
The Memorial Board, which is outside the Mairie, was unveiled on 6 June 2007 by Major Jack Watson MC, of 13th (Lancs) Para Bn

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque showing Vitruvian scroll and birds nest

Plaque showing Vitruvian scroll and birds nest. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque showing the marriage of Cupid and Psyche

Plaque showing the marriage of Cupid and Psyche. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque depicting Diana visiting Endymion

Plaque depicting Diana visiting Endymion. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque depicting the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Plaque depicting the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque depicting the sacrifice of Iphigenia

Plaque depicting the sacrifice of Iphigenia, daughter of King Agamemnon. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque depicting an offering to Flora

Plaque depicting an offering to Flora. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque of Endymion on the rock Latmos

Plaque of Endymion on the rock Latmos. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood

Background imagePlaque Collection: Long plaque with scroll of convolvulus foliage

Long plaque with scroll of convolvulus foliage
Long plaque with scroll of bindweed or convolvulus foliage. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque showing King Priam of Troy begging

Plaque showing King Priam of Troy begging Achilles for the body of his son Hector. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque from Alcora, Spain, 18th century

Plaque from Alcora, Spain, 18th century, decorated with a scene of Venus and cupids in a ritual with sacred flames. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Background imagePlaque Collection: Plaque from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century

Plaque from Delft, Netherlands, 18th century, with riverside landscape vignette inside border of naked nymphs within a floral pattern

Background imagePlaque Collection: 18th century surgeon performing a trepanning

18th century surgeon performing a trepanning operation on a mans head, with various surgical equipment: Jean Louis Petits lever 2, trestle 3, Valets pincers 4, cauterizers 5-8, round plaque 9

Background imagePlaque Collection: Regina Rifle Regiment Plaque Juno Beach exit

Regina Rifle Regiment Plaque Juno Beach exit
The Rifles part of 7th Canadian Brigade, landed at 0800 hours on D Day preceded by the flail tanks of the 1st Hussars. All Canadian objectives were secured that day, the only landings that did

Background imagePlaque Collection: Royal Winnipeg Rifles Memorial Plaque Creully

Royal Winnipeg Rifles Memorial Plaque Creully
The Little Black Devils landed on Juno Beach on D Day as part of 3rd Canadian Division. They suffered heavy casualties during the landings. This plaque is in the car park

Background imagePlaque Collection: Essex Yeomanry Plaque Gold Beach Bunker Normandy

Essex Yeomanry Plaque Gold Beach Bunker Normandy
The Essex landed on Gold Beach on D Day as part of 231 Brigade which was attached to 50th Division. The plaque is on the side of a bunker which was overcome by Sgt R E Palmer in an action that won



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