Slapton Sands War Memorial

Slapton Sands War Memorial

25.7.09 – Taken with a Fujifilm 10mp s8100.

In the early hours of the 28th of April 1944 eight Landing Ship Tanks (LST’s), full of American servicemen were in Lyme Bay, off the coast of Devon, England. Their purpose to take part in Exercise Tiger, the realistic rehearsals for the D-Day landings in Normandy. The night turned into tragedy as a group of patrolling German e-boats discovered and attacked them. At the end of Exercise Tiger 946 American serviceman had lost their lives.

The Sherman tank at Slapton Sands is a daily reminder to all of us of the tragedy of Exercise Tiger. Around the tank are other smaller memorials dedicated to the various American forces that participated. Further along Slapton Sands a memorial placed after the Second World War by American forces as a gratitude to local people who had to evacuate their homes so that the practise D-day landings could go ahead.

Please pop along and view the web site for this amazing memorial at this site

If I’m lucky enough to sell any copies of this picture, all my profits will be donated to the upkeep of this memorial.

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