On the lawn on the south side of the parking lot.

A small stone obelisk with a square base which 2 black metal plaques are attached on the front and back bearing the dedication and commemoration messages. Inscriptions are in English text and are incised with white lettering. On the two sides are the Infantry and the Division insignias.

After extensive training and maneuvers the 508th embarked on 19 December 1943 in New York City, New York and sailed on 28 December 1943 for Belfast, Northern Ireland, arriving there on 8 January 1944. After additional training at Cromore Estate in Portstewart, the regiment was moved by ship to Glasgow in Scotland and by train on 13 March 1944 to Wollaton Park in Nottinghamshire, England, where they became part of the veteran 82nd "All American" Airborne Division, in preparation for D-Day 6th June 1944. Of the 2,056 paratroopers of the regiment who participated in the D-Day landings, only 995 returned.

Source of information: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, https://en.wikipedia.org, http://www.nottsviews.co.uk

Source of images: Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, http://whippedraw.blogspot.com, https://www.waymarking.com , https://www.tracesofwar.com

(Facing against the parking)

Front:

Dedicated to our brave friends both past & present of the

American 508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the

82^nd Airborne Division, who set up camp in this

Park in preparation for D-Day.

They parachuted into Normandy on June 6^th 1944

and retuned here during that summer

before parachuting into Holland on 17^th September

in the battle to liberate Europe

with pride and everlasting friendship

Back:

508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment Roll of Honour 1944 - 1945

The 508^th PIR took part in airborne operations across occupied Europe

Operation Neptune on D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland

and the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.

To the members of the Regiment who fell and now remain on the battlefields of Europe