National Memorial on Dover's White Cliffs:

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A national memorial on Dover's white cliffs commemorating 1.7 million service personnel and civilians killed in the two world wars is being planned.

Organisers are hoping to complete it by 4 August 2014 - the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.

It would have 12 white granite walls, each representing one year of conflict.

The names of the 1.7 million men and women recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register would be inscribed on the memorial.

They include servicemen and women, Merchant Navy personnel and civilians.

LINK 1: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18430769

LINK 2: www.nationalwarmemorial.co.uk/the_plan.php

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Dover's White Cliffs: Would you mine them for £1bn-worth of gold?

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How do we decide what's worth saving and what we would happily see destroyed to make way for development? For The Editors, a programme which sets out to ask challenging questions, I asked what price, for example, for the White Cliffs of Dover?

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The National War Memorial on Dover’s White Cliffs "probable" rather than "possible".

Dover Express 18th July 2013, note the level of confident support from the Leader of Dover District Council. The project is now "probable" rather than "possible", next stop is "inevitable". Thank you for all the support so far, please keep recruiting support and profile;

Major (retd) Rafiqul Islam MP is the holder of the Bir Ottam, one of just 69 members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces to receive this prestigious decoration for bravery during the War of Liberation of 1971. As a Member of Parliament for Bangladesh and a former Home Secretary of this proud Commonwealth nation, he chooses his words with great care. Major Islam was the leader of a delegation of 14 Members of Parliament and officials to visit the site of the National War Memorial on 12th July 2013. He has given his whole-hearted support to the construction of the memorial on Dover’s White Cliffs at Western Heights. In a signed and dated submission, he writes: “Seventy years ago in June 1944, Dover on the English Channel was bustling with hundreds and thousands of men and war materials ready to go across the English Channel to mainland Europe to free not only Europe but mankind as a whole from the terror that was Hitler and his military machine of destruction. Many of those who crossed the Channel never returned to their loved ones. But they allowed mankind to live with their loved ones. The National War Memorial on Dover’s White Cliffs will remind us not only of the colossal loss of life during the war, but of the need to maintain peace for all of mankind for all times.

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July 31st 2013 marked a significant milestone in the development of the project. In a meeting with DDC planners, English Heritage stated they could find the project acceptable if a few minor amendments were made to the layout and furthermore it was not their role to dictate whether the project should go ahead. We are therefore now commencing site surveys in preparation for the planning application in a format agreed by both DDC and English Heritage. We now anticipate a foundation stone will be laid on 4th August 2014 with a full build out of the memorial (the visitors centre will be on a different track) to be completed by November 2018.