The French Memorial - Lyle Hill, Greenock
The Free French Memorial - Lyle Hill, Greenock with Cardwell Bay and Gourock in background - Scotland. The war memorial (built in the shape of the Cross of Lorrain) commemorates the Free French forces who fought in the Second World War and stands on the western brow of the hill. It has plaques commemorating the loss of the Flower-class corvettes Alyssa and Mimosa, and of the submarine Surcouf. Locally, it is also associated with the memory of the loss of the Maille Breze which blew up at the Tail of the Bank
Picture No
12445505
Media ID
45725025
Size
5077px x 3187px
(1.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Valentine's postcard
Date
circa 1950s
