Memorial

Handforth D Day Tree and Able Seaman N Iredale Plaque

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Current Location

Near the Obelisk Memorial, Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK9 3JL, England

SJ 85725 83882

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 96821
Description: Tree and associated rectangular steel plaque, bearing the incised inscription in black lettering that commemorates those who served and died during the D-Day Landings.
Inscription: 06.06.1944 - 06.06.2019/ This tree has been planted by/ Captain Anthony Harrison RA, to commemorate the/ 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY/ It is to honour those who fought on this day in 1944 to liberate Europe/ from Nazi Germany in Normandy, France. Handforth resident/ A.S. Norman Iredale - Legion D'Honneur/ recipient, served in the Royal Navy on the HMS Sweetbriar was assigned the key task of supporting/ the first convoy which spearheaded the D-Day landings on the French coast. Then they returned for/ six further supply voyages from the English coast until the beachhead was safely established.

Tree

Made from: Plant Material

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Steel

Condition: Good

https://www.facebook.com/HCWMF/ Facebook post dated 31/8/2019 stated: "Yesterday, Friday 30th August, Tatton MP the Rt. Hon. Esther McVey officially unveiled Handforth’s D-Day plaque commemorating all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice liberating Europe from Nazi Germany and Handforth recipient of the Legion De Honor, Norman Iredale".