British Normandy Memorial Waymarkers

The Memorial records the names of the approximately 21,000 British personnel who lost their lives in the landings and the campaign which followed. Liam O'Connor Architect and the British Normandy Trust Client.

Charles Bergen Studios is designed five-flag-sized waterjet cut bronze waymarking signs that direct visitors to the five invasion beaches—Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword Beach. The sculptural works are part artifact, part signage, and part art. With a bronze patina to match the three figurative sculptures at the Memorial itself these signs both direct visitors to the five invasion beaches as well as tell the story of what happened on each beach on D-Day. 

DATE:                          Installation May 2020

MEDIA:                       Waterjet cut bronze with patina

DIMENSIONS:             One meter by one-half meter

LOCATION:                Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France         

CONTRIBUTIONS: Design of Stainless Steel Brackets: Jean Marc Freslon PE Engineer S.W. Consultants Inc, Steve W. Schaub, the President of S.E.

Consultants Inc. Historian for the Waymarker Narratives: Keith D. Dickson, Ph.D, Colonel (Ret) U.S. Army.  Architects and Artists Responsible for digitizing the waterjet cutting files: Aaron Rogers, Girish Kulkarni, Hakeem Olayinka. Support: Daniel Shepherd, Curtis Jordan, & Golnar Ahmadi. Tnemec Company, Inc. donated the Dark Bronze Colored Tnemec Coating applied to the Waymarkers: Caleb Parker & Todd Gunter. Research Library Staff: The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, CA  

OFFICIAL WEBPAGE: Waymarkers – British Normandy Memorial   

 

 

 

  


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