LST & Landing Craft Association
There are a number of memorials to the men of the landing ships and craft.
In Normandy, the Association has its own Plaque of Remembrance on the seaward wall of the D-Day Museum at Arromanches.
Also in Normandy, there is the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Memorial in front of the Brittany Ferries terminal buildings at Ouistreham/Caen. Not totally subscribed by the Association and its members.
In the UK, the Association has its own tree and bench in the National Arboretum at Alrewas.
The original Arromanches plaque, badly weathered by the salt air, was removed, cleaned and restored and now rests in the beautiful setting of Exbury Gradens overlooking the Beaulieu river from where many landing craft left for Normandy and D-Day. This is situated here by kind permission of Mr Edmond de Rothschild. During WWII Exbury was the naval base HMS Mastodon.
At Dartmouth in Devon, a riverside memorial has been refurbished by the Devon Region of the Association. This memorial will remember the Royal Navy and US craft and forces who set out from the port for the American beaches of Omaha and Utah.
The South East Central Region of the Association, in conjuction with the Royal Naval Association and the Korean Vets, have set up a Stone and Plaque at Woodland Park, Sandbridge, St Albans.
The North East (Teesside) Region, together with the Royal British Legion and Middlesbrough Council, have placed plaques, trees and seats in a memorial garden in Albert Park, Middlesbrough.
Elsewhere, Regions have set up plaques and memorabilia at their various meeting places.
Annual Services of Remembrance are held at most of the sites listed above.
Last updated May 8, 2004
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