Memorial

Operation Dynamo Dunkirk Evacuation

Plaque

Source: Copyright James Brazier

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Pier Yard, Harbour Parade, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, CT11 8LS, England

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TR 38485 64754

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 33869
Description: METAL PLAQUE INSERT TO A GRANITE PILLAR PLAQUE DEPICTS LONG LINES OF TROOPS AWAITING EVACUTION. SUPERIMPOSED IS A CROSS, IN THE CENTRE 2 SOLDIERS, CARRYING A THIRD. BELOW IS 'WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER' WORDS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL. LEFT 2 BOATS. SUNDOWNER AND NEW BRITANNIC. AT BOTTOM LEFT IS THE DUNKIRK VETERANS ASSOCIATION BADGE AND AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE BADGE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DUNKIRK LITTLE SHIPS. Additional metal plaque added below main plaque to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Operation Dynamo.
Inscription: '...WE SHALL / NEVER / SURRENDER' / Winston S Churchill // TO COMMEMORATE THE SAFE RETURN TO THESE SHORES OF 218,226 MEN OF THE BRITISH/ EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, TOGETHER WITH 120,000 FRENCH AND BELGIANS FROM THE/ BEACHES OF DUNKERQUE BY AN ARMADA OF NAVAL AND CIVILIAN VESSELS OF ALL/ TYPES AND SIZES DURING "OPERATION DYNAMO" 26 MAY TO 4 JUNE 1940' / Presented by THE EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST to mark the 60th Anniversary in the year 2000 // This memorial was unveiled by / Dame Vera Lynn / 5th June 2000 / THE EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE THANET DISTRICT COUNCIL // 85th anniversary plaque: 'IN COMMEMORATION OF THOSE WHO WENT ACROSS THE SEAS IN / THE DARK DAYS OF 1940 AND TOOK PART IN THE GALLANT / RESCUE OF BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY AND ALLIED FORCES / FROM THE BEACHES OF DUNKIRK. 39,848 MEN WERE BROUGHT/BACK TO RAMSGATE HARBOUR IN NUMEROUS SMALL / VESSELS, PLEASURE CRAFT AND LIFEBOATS.'

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: East Kent Maritime Trust
Maintenance History: MEMORIAL REPAIRED AND REPLACED IN BRONZE DUE TO WEATHERING. Original plaque is very much duller than the older photos portray

Ceremonies

Unveiled

05 June 2000

DAME VERA LYNN

Unveiled

20/05/2025

HRH Prince Michael of Kent. Mayor of Ramsgate, Royal Marine Band, Royal Navy Guard, Local Cadet Forces and the crews and passengers of over 60 Dunkirk 'Little Ships' in the harbour . Flying display by Spitfire and Swordfish.

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