Memorial US Forces

Text on the plaque:
Erected by the people of Yeovil
in grateful commemoration of
the American troops who were
stationed in and around our town
prior to the D-Day landings on
6th June 1944, many of whom
sacrificed their lives
in the cause of freedom

Around 12,000 American servicemen where stationed in and around Yeovil prior to D-Day. They were billeted at Barwick Park, Houndstone Camp, Salthouse Lane Fair Ground and in the villages of Martock, Bradford Abbas and Mudford.
Lloyds Bank, upon which the plaque is mounted, acted as the payroll department for the American troops and financed the plaque.

American units stationed in and around Yeovil prior to D-Day, many of which participated in the landings on Omaha beach on 6th June 1944.

51s Army Post Unit
117th Engineer Group 'C'
966th Engineer Medium Company
430th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion Mobile
460th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion Mobile
41st Replacement Battalion
41st replacement Battalion Medical Detachment
309th Replacement Company
310th Replacement Company
311th Replacement Company
92nd Replacement Battalion
92 Battalion Medical Detachment
453th replacement Company
454th replacement Company
481st replacement Company
482 Replacement Company
121st US Army Hospital
169th US Army Hospital
15th Replacement Depot