Location
This window is above the Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay windows in the south wall of The Holy Martyrs Chapel (see Cathedral Plan).
 

Memorial Window
Operation Overlord
 
Memorial Window Text
Operation Overlord
 
Memorial Plaque
Operation Overlord
 
Inscription (Window Text)
O LORD GOD WHEN
THOU GIVEST TO THY SERVANTS TO
ENDEAVOUR ANY GREAT MATTER
GRANT US ALSO TO KNOW THAT
IT'S NOT THE BEGINNING BUT THE
CONTINUING OF THE SAME UNTIL
IT BE THOROUGHLY FINISHED WHICH
YIELDETH THE TRUE GLORY.

 
Inscription (Plaque)
THIS COMMERATIVE WINDOW
THE GIFT OF THE D-DAY & NORMANDY FELLOWSHIP
WAS UNVEILED BY
HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER
AND DEDICATED BY
HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
ON SUNDAY JUNE 3rd 1984.

 

Further Information
 
The shields in the window represent:
 

GREAT BRITAIN
CANADA
FRANCE
NORWAY
GREECE
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
ARMY

D-DAY & NORMANDY FELLOWSHIP
21st ARMY GROUP
2nd BRITISH ARMY
1st AMERICAN ARMY
ROYAL NAVY

USA
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
THE NETHERLANDS
POLAND
BELGIUM
ROYAL AIR FORCE

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