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MALTA G.C. - Taken by CHRIS ELLIOTT 10 Sep 2006
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View showing map of Malta - Taken by mhs 02 Aug 2010
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SW side view - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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SW plaque detail - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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SE side view - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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SE plaque detail - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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NE side view - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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NE plaque detail - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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NW side view - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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NW plaque detail - Taken by Russell Walters 12 Jun 2013
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MALTA SIEGE MEMORIAL by All Hallows by the Tower, London - Taken by Nick Harrison 12 Jul 2022
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MALTA SIEGE MEMORIAL by All Hallows by the Tower, London - Taken by Nick Harrison 12 Jul 2022
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MALTA SIEGE MEMORIAL by All Hallows by the Tower, London - Taken by Nick Harrison 12 Jul 2022
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MALTA SIEGE MEMORIAL by All Hallows by the Tower, London - Taken by Nick Harrison 12 Jul 2022
Reference WMO/141450
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Limestone
- Stone Slate
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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Tablet 1 placed on side of the memorial [existing image is too blurred to read properly]: MALTA G.C./ THE SIEGE OF 1940-43/ IN 1940 ... MALTA, UNDER THE PROTECTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, FOUND HERSELF/ ALONE IN A HOSTILE MEDITERRANEAN 800 MILES FROM HER NEAREST ALLIES IN/ GIBRALTAR AND ALEXANDRIA. BESIEGED BY ENEMIES, .../ MALTA BECAME, AND/ REMAINS, THE MOST BOMBED PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF WAR./ SUPPLIED ONLY BY SEA, AT GREAT COST, MALTA WAS DEFENDED .../ IN APRIL 1942 KING GEORGE VI AWARDED TO THE PEOPLE OF MALTA THE GEORGE/ CROSS .../ IN SUMMER 1942 ONLY WEEKS OF FOOD REMAINED; THE ALLIES MOUNTED OPERATION PEDESTAL, A LAST CHANCE TO SAVE MALTA. .../ TANKER OHIO,/ ... ENTERED GRAND HARBOUR. THE DATE/ WAS AUGUST 15TH. 1942, ... THE SIEGE WAS BROKEN;/ .../ THIS STONE, TAKEN FROM MALTA WAS PRESENTED BY THE MALTESE GOVERNMENT/ ON THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF SECOND WORLD WAR TO COMMEMORATE ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SIEGE AND DEFENCE OF MALTA 1940-43./ PLACED BY THE GEORGE CROSS ISLAND ASSOCIATION 15TH AUGUST 2005 Tablet 2-THEATRE OF OPERATIONS OF THE MEDITTERANEAN FLEET/[map below] Tablet 3 Left Hand Side-THE GOVERNOR/MALTA/TO HONOUR HER BRAVE PEOPLE/I AWARD THE GEORGE CROSS TO THE/ISLAND FORTRESS OF MALTA TO BEAR/WITNESS TO A HEROISM AND DEVOTION/THAT WILL LONG BE FAMOUS IN HISTORY/GEORGE R.I./APRIL 15TH 1942/THE CITATION FROM/KING GEORGE TO THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA Tablet 3 Right Hand Side- [representations of the George Cross and the entwined flags of the UK and the USA]/'IN THE NAME OF PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/I SALUTE THE ISLAND OF MALTA/ITS PEOPLE AND DEFENDERS/WHO, IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND DECENCY/THROUGHOUT THE WORLD HAVE RENDERED VALOROUS SERVICE/FAR AND ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY/UNDER REPEATED FIRE FROM THE SKIES, MALTA STOOD ALONE/BUT UNAFRAID IN THE CENTER OF THE SEA./ONE TINY, BRIGHT FLAME IN THE DARKNESS... A BEACON OF HOPE/FOR THE CLEARER DAYS WHICH HAVE COME/MALTAS BRIGHT STORY OF HUMAN FORTITUDE AND COURAGE/WILL BE READ BY POSTERITY WITH WONDER AND GRATITUDE/THROUGH ALL THE AGES. WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS ISLAND/MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF GALLANT MEN/AND WOMEN WHO FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME HAVE LIVED/AND DIED TO PRESERVE CIVILIZATION FOR ALL MANKIND'//FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT/7TH DECEMBER 1943//THE TRIBUTE READ BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT/WHEN HE VISITED MALTA Panel 4- [existing image is too blurred to read]
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