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Restoration information plaque. - Taken by Clive Gilbert 08 Apr 2008
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7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) Memorial - Taken by Clive Gilbert 08 Apr 2008
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Descriptive plaque - Taken by Clive Gilbert 08 Apr 2008
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Full view of memorial - Taken by J Websper 28 Jan 2013
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Desert Rats - Taken by Nick_2 26 Jan 2014
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Desert Rats - Taken by Nick_2 26 Jan 2014
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Desert Rats Memorial - Taken by Nick2 11 Nov 2014
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Desert Rats Memorial - Taken by Nick2 11 Nov 2014
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Full memorial - Taken by War Memorials Trust 11 Oct 2020
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Inscription detail - Taken by War Memorials Trust 11 Oct 2020
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Inscription detail - Taken by War Memorials Trust 11 Oct 2020
Reference WMO/104447
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1939 1945 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION DESERT RATS FROM EL ALAMEIN TO BERLIN VIA NORTH AFRICA - ITALY - THETFORD FOREST - FRANCE - BELGIUM - HOLLAND THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION WA STATIONED IN THETFORD FOREST BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY 1944 WHILE THEY PREPARED FOR THE INVASION OF NORMANDY. THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME THE DIVISION WAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN IT'S ENTIRE EXISTANCE. THE DIVISION SAILED FROM FELIXSTOWE ON 5 JUNE 1944 WITH THE FIRST TANKS LANDING ON GOLD BEACH ON THE EVENING OF 6 JUNE 1944. MAY YOUR GLORY EVER SHINE, MAY YOUR LAURELS NEVER FADE, MAY THE MEMORY OF THIS GLORIOUS PILGRIMAGE OF WAR YOU HAVE MADE FROM ALAMEIN, VIA THE BALTIC, TO BERLIN NEVER DIE, IT IS A MARCH UNSURPASSED THROUGH ALL THE STORY OF WAR. MAY THE FATHERS LONG TELL THE CHILDREN ABOUT THIS TALE. WINSTON CHURCHILL. (On a second plaque below) To the Glory of God and in the memory of all those who served with 'The Desert Rats' 1945 -2003 'Look to the Lord and his strength, seek his face always'. Psalm 105 v4.
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