Plaque on the harbour wall, Bangor Co Down.
This week (28/5/12) is the 72nd anniversary of the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force from France. Over three and a half hundred thousand men of the BEF and remmnents of the French and Belgium armys were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk as Hitlers war machine stormed across Europe. My father was one who got away, only to be sent back in four years later on D-Day.
Bangor Bay and Belfast lough were the chosen gathering place by Dwight D Eisenhower, supreme Commander of the allied forces, of the armada of ships to descend on the shores of Normandy carrying the heros required to shift the Devils lunatic and free Europe again.

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I thank the person who bought this print, i shall donate all money from the sale to the British Legion

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From Belfast Lough to Normandy on D-Day

A list of some of the Allied Ships which gathered in Belfast Lough prior to departing for the Allied Invasion of Occupied Europe on 6th June 1944.

HMS Hawkins cruiser

HMS Glasgow cruiser

HMS Black Prince cruiser

HMS Enterprise cruiser

HMS Bellona cruiser

HMS Camponia

HMS Empire McAndrew

HMS Erebus monitor

USS Arkansas battleship

USS Texas battleship

USS Nevada battleship

USS Quincy cruiser

USS Tuscaloosa cruiser

USS Baldwin destroyer

USS Saterlee destroyer

USS Jeffers destroyer

USS Gherardi destroyer

USS Glennon destroyer

USS Plunkett destroyer

USS Amesbury destroyer

USS Blessman destroyer

USS Butler destroyer

USS Herndon destroyer

USS Schubrick destroyer

USS Murphy destroyer

Montcalm cruiser

Georges Leygues cruiser

Soemba gunboat

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