John Everiss's installation that represents troops landing on the beaches on D-Day, 75 years's ago. Sea Thrift plants would have been seen by them.

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D-Day 75 Garden. An installation created by John Everiss to commemorate 75 years since D-Day, when Allied forces returned to Europe. 10,000 Sea Thrift plants represent the planting the troops would have found on boths sides of the Channel.

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Size: 5617px × 3745px
Location: Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea, London, UK
Photo credit: © Matthew Bruce / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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