D-Day Memorial Weymouth

Texts on the memorial:
IN MEMORY OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN 1939-1945
1944-1945
THE MAJOR PART OF THE AMERICAN ASSAULT FORCE WHICH
LANDED ON THE SHORES OF FRANCE 6 JUNE 1944 WAS LAUNCHED
FROM WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND HARBORS. FROM 6 JUNE 1944 TO 7 MAY 1945, 517,816 TROOPS AND 144,093 VEHICLES EMBARKED
FROM THE HARBORS. MANY OF THE TROOPS LEFT FROM WEYMOUTH PIER.
THE REMAINDER OF THE TROOPS AND ALL THE VEHICLES PASSED THROUGH
WEYMOUTH EN ROUTE TO PORTLAND POINTS OF EMBARKATION.
PRESENTED BY THE 14TH MAJOR PORT, U.S. ARMY.

28 APRIL 1944
LYME BAY
749 DIED DURING D-DAY
TRAINING EXERCISE 'TIGER'
WHEN A CONVOY OF LSTS WAS ATTACKED BY E-BOATS
OFF PORTLAND

24 DECEMBER 1944
ENGLISH CHANNEL
802 DIED WHEN THE TROOPSHIP ' LEOPOLDVILLE' WAS SUNK BY
A TORPEDO OFF CHERBOURG.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: J. Thomas