Exercise Tiger Remembered ~ April 28, 1944
The Utah Beach WWII D-Day Dress Rehearsal where 639 American Soldiers and Sailors Died
**** URGENT REQUEST ****
To ALL - We Need your Help
There has been substantial storm damage to the A379 road that leads
to the Sherman Tank Memorial and the village of Torcross.
Member of Parliament, Caroline Voaden, is requesting
signatures from everyone in the UK and USA to ask the Government
for funding to repair this essential road to the local villages and the
Exercise Tiger Memorial
Please sign the petition at the Link Below and enter your Name:
https://www.carolinevoaden.com/coastal-erosion-at-start-bay
To view a video of the extensive damage to this vital road, which also affected the businesses and residents on the sea front, please click on this Link.
You will see the Sherman Tank Memorial in the footage:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUS6CJTDLo4/?igsh=MTAwZWdhYjA1c21rbw==
Due to the substantial damage to the A379 road, no ceremony will be held
for the 82nd Anniversary in 2026
80th Anniversary 2024
Video Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bv36FYDdw0&t=7s ITV News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCPbdDv9Hsw&t=5s BBC Spotlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wtd0m6bnKs Brigadier General Brown, U. S. Army
Photo Highlights
https://exercisetigermemorial.co.uk/news-articles/80th-anniversary-2024-...
German E-Boat S130 Restoration Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d7bGQgUOXA&t=11s
New Survivor Story For 80th Anniversary
Ensign Thomas Clark - LST 507
See Link Below
https://exercisetigermemorial.co.uk/ensign-thomas-clark-survivor-story-l...
To see highlights of the 75th Anniversary in 2019, please click the Link below:
https://exercisetigermemorial.co.uk/news-articles/75th-anniversary-archi...
Please read the Story of Exercise Tiger at the Link Below:
http://www.exercisetigermemorial.co.uk/story-exercise-tiger
Dean Small, Director, is the son of the late Ken Small who established this memorial in 1984.
Laurie Bolton, USA, is the Honorary Director. Her uncle died in
Exercise Tiger, and she is the contact for the American survivors and family members.
We are Exercise Tiger Memorial Ltd., a non-profit organization, dedicated to the memory
of the 639 American soldiers and sailors who perished on April 28, 1944.
We also maintain the Sherman Tank Memorial Site
established by the late Ken Small in 1984.
PHOTOS NEEDED OF AMERICANS WHO DIED IN EXERCISE TIGER
for our Honoured Dead page. Please email jpeg file to: lbolton@lightspeed.net
