Unfortunately there has been speculation about demolishing these slipways because they are really starting to show their age and some doubt their structural integrity. Danger signs have now been placed on both slips - I personally hope they do not demolish these slipways as it will be another case of a WW2 relic being lost forever.
Like the slipway at Brixham there is a plaque mounted above the slipways detailing their use for the embarkation of troops for 'Operation Overlord'.
Please examine the photographs below for more information about the D-Day slipways at Torquay Harbour.
The actual church was locked but outside I was pleased to find a stone tablet and statue of Christ on the cross serving as a memorial to the townsfolk of Torquay who died in both great wars.
This memorial is often used as a place of comemoration for veterans and only a short while ago did I see the proud spectacle of many old veterans clutching their standards in front of the memorial in memory of their fallen comrades on June 6th 1944.
The memorial was erected in memory of the fallen townsfiolk who died in the First World War but there are plaques in memory of those who died in the second.
