These stones, erected in the Victoria Country Park at Netley overlooking Southampton Water commemorate the memory of those who took part in the D Day operation.
![]()
The inscription reads:
Write on this stone,
The inscription reads:
Write on this stone,
No words of sadness,
Only the gladness due.
That we who asked the most of living
Know how to give it too
Frank Thompson 1920 -1944
Seventy years ago on the eve of d Day, those who took part were waiting or boarding the flotilla of craft in the creeks and harbours of the Solent; an armada which took them across the channel to change the course of recent history.
Our gladness seems all too little, but we give it gladly and with thanks.
Seventy years ago on the eve of d Day, those who took part were waiting or boarding the flotilla of craft in the creeks and harbours of the Solent; an armada which took them across the channel to change the course of recent history.
Our gladness seems all too little, but we give it gladly and with thanks.