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| | Weymouth, Dorset, England |
 | | Weymouth, the older of the towns was granted its first charter in 1252. |
 | | For the next 15 years he visited Weymouth regularly, and in 1809 the thankful citizens erected a statue of the King near the beach, at the expense of 200 guineas (which price included a lion and a unicorn). |
 | | The plaque records that 517,816 troops and 144,093 vehicles were embarked through Weymouth and Portland by the 14th Major Port, United States Army, between 6th June 1944 and the end of the war, on 7th May 1945. |
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