rosie Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 For some time now I have been aware of this group of elite men and one of the gentlemen that live on Hayling Island has been trying for ages to have a memorial put in place to commemorate these brave soldiers. Luckily he has been given the go ahead and several weeks ago a very large lump of stone was delivered to the beach on Hayling and erected. Last Sunday 22nd July myself , the cubemeister and the cubelets walked along the seafront and took a look at the memorial. Its simple but poignant imo. Funding has been made available for information boards in various locations along the seafront providing a heritage trail, telling the story of the COPP heroes and Hayling Islands involvement in D-Day here is a link to a web site about the COPP http://www.coppheroes.org/ I will post pictures up in a mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hopefully we will take the truck up there for the opening ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artifficer Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 For some time now I have been aware of this group of elite men and one of the gentlemen that live on Hayling Island has been trying for ages to have a memorial put in place to commemorate these brave soldiers. Luckily he has been given the go ahead and several weeks ago a very large lump of stone was delivered to the beach on Hayling and erected. Last Sunday 22nd July myself , the cubemeister and the cubelets walked along the seafront and took a look at the memorial. Its simple but poignant imo.Funding has been made available for information boards in various locations along the seafront providing a heritage trail, telling the story of the COPP heroes and Hayling Islands involvement in D-Day here is a link to a web site about the COPP http://www.coppheroes.org/ I will post pictures up in a mo. HiAll Did you know canoe clubs in UK still compete every year for the Hasler Trophy in memory of Blondie Hasler of cockleshell heros fame and the Op Franklin trail exists from Bordeaux to Spain. I belive a Royal Marine party paddled the river and then walked to Spain for charity recently. Sore hands/bum and feet!! Regards Artifficer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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