Memorial Collection (#13)

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, Lebisey, Normandy
This Memorial to the 2nd Battalion marks the German front line 6 June to 9 July 1944 during the intense fighting for Caen

No4 Commando & Captaine Philippe Kieffer Memorials
These are alongside the beach at Ouistreham-Riva-Bella and the basic flame Memorial was erected in 1984 on top of a German gun cupola

The South Lancashire Regiment Memorial, Hermanville
The Regiment is also known as the Prince of Waless Volunteers.They came ashore on D-Day as part of the first waves & the area around this Memorial contains other memorials to the leading elements

Memorial to 14th Field Regiment RCA, Bernieres
The Memorial reads, The shore nearby and the field you are facing saw the sacrifice of the following members of 14 Field Regt RCA

Cheshire Regiment Memorial, Musee du Debarquement
The memorial is to all members of the Regiment whose different Battalions fought in various theatres of war. On D-Day the 2nd Battalion landed on Gold Beach as part of the 50th Northumbrian Division

Royal Winnipeg & 1st Canadian Scottish Memorial
This double memorial has a plaque to the Rifles on the left and to the Scottish on the right. Between them is a poem by Paul Eluard

Pierre Clostermann Memorial, Bazenville, Normandy
Clostermann, the First Free French pilot to land in Normandy (ALG B2), held the DFC and Bar and the Legion d Honneur. The Memorial is in the shape of a Spitfire wing

Memorial to Colonel James E Rudder Cricqueville church
Cricqueville is just behind Pointe du Hoc where Texan Rudder landed with his 2nd Ranger Battalion. The figure in the picture is former mayor, Louis Devin, who raised the Memorial

British 6th Airborne Memorial, Putot en Auge Normandy
The Memorial Board, which is outside the Mairie, was unveiled on 6 June 2007 by Major Jack Watson MC, of 13th (Lancs) Para Bn

Monumental brass rubbing, William Barton and wife, Thornborough, Buckinghamshire. 1389

Monumental brass rubbing, Walter Seller, Iden, Sussex. circa 1427

Monumental brass rubbing, unknown priest, Bremen Cathedral, northern Germany. late 15th century

Monumental brass rubbing, Nicholas le Brun, Jeumont, northern France. 1547

Monumental brass rubbing, John and Elizabeth Hampden, Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire. circa 1525

Monumental brass rubbing, Henry Daw, palimpsest. 1578

Monumental brass rubbing, Elizabeth Rok, Penn, Bucks
Monumental brass rubbing, Elizabeth Rok, Penn, Buckinghamshire. 1540

Memorial vase in basalt with angel weeping over a tomb. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co

Selworthy village near Minehead, Somerset. circa 1910

Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle - South East Bay of the Hall of Honour. 1927

Burghley Memorial, St Martins Church, Stamford, Lincs
Burghley Memorial, St Martins Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire. 1902

Battle of Britain Memorial Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London. 1958

Street scene, Memorial Day in Nome, Alaska, USA, parade with brass band, 30 May 1907. Date: 1907

Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Memorial Stadium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Date: 1935

Comite du Debarquement Signal Memorial Bernieres
This was the first of the Monuments put up by the Comite under M Raymond Triboulet. They are found along the beaches to commemorate le Jour J

French Destroyer la Combattante Memorial Courseulles
The ship was part of the supporting Bombardment Group. She was built in Glasgow in 1942 under the name HMS Haldon & loaned to the Free French Navy

Queens Own Rifles of Canada Memorial Anguerny
On 6 June 1944 the Rifles landed on Nan White Beach near Bernieres, The DD tanks of the Fort Garry Horse were delayed by rough seas & the Rifles landed without their support

Memorial to ALG B4 Beny sur Mer Normandy
This was used by 401, 411 and 412 Squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force who flew Spitfires as part of 126 Wing. The first aircraft to use the Landing Ground was a damaged Spitfire which came down

Canadian Casualties Memorial Fontaine Henry church
The church is adjacent to the 15th/16th century chateau which has never been sold and can be visited. There is a regimental memorial to the Canadian liberators in the car park

Canadian Fort Garry Horse Memorial Thaon
As the Horse (the 10th Armoured Regiment) were equipped with Sherman tanks, having broken out from the beaches they roved around from village to village such The latin reads as Deeds not Words

Canadian Fort Garry Horse Memorial Anguerny
The Regiment was an armoured force equipped with Sherman floating tanks - DD (Duplex Drive) tanks. By early afternoon of 6 June A Squadron working with the Queens Own Rifles had cleared the area

Captain Gauvin Memorial Anguerny Normandy
Memorials to those who survived are not generally welcomed because of the numbers. However, Gauvin led the Bren carriers of the Chaudieres into the village and after the war became a diplomat

2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles Memorial Cambes en Plaine
The Battalion captured the village on 9 June. The German posltion was one of the strongest on this part of the front. The capture sealed the connection between Canadian & British Forces

Canadian Regiment la Chaudiere Memorial d Anguerny
Although the names are clearly marked neither Laudry nor Dallaire are listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Database. Both Louis & Arthur Roy come from Kedgwick New Brunswick so are probably related

59th (Staffordshire) Division Memorial St Contest
The 59th was one of the first formations into Caen on 9 July 1944. It had been the last to arrive at the end of June. It was nickname the Pithead Division after its sign

British & Canadian Liberators Monument Bretteville
This striking Memorial lists all the Participants in the Liberation of Communes between the rivers Thue & Mue, 3rd Can Div, RCA, 2nd Armoured Bde, 43rd Wessex Div, 15th Scottish Div

Royal Regina Rifles & 1st Canadian Hussars
The Memorial is in Norrey en Bessin which the Canadians took on 7 June having landed on Juno Beach as part of the 3rd Canadian Divison

Carpiquet airport Canadian Memorial Normandy
Erected on the airfield by the French & unveiled on 8 July 1995 it pays homage to the Canadian Brothers who freed the area following the Hell of Carpiquet battle of 4-8 July. 1944

Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial ALG B9 Lantheuil
The RCAF Squadrons that flew from this Landing Ground were Nos 438, 439 and 440. Five main types of landing facilities were constructed according to likely usage

Royal Winnipeg Rifles Memorial Plaque Creully
The Little Black Devils landed on Juno Beach on D Day as part of 3rd Canadian Division. They suffered heavy casualties during the landings. This plaque is in the car park

General Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Meautis
As the US 8th Infantry Regiment, the spearhead of the 4th Divison landed on Utah Beach the Assistant Divisional Commander, General Roosevelt

50th Northumrian Division Asnelles Normandy
The memorial is at a crossroads named Alexander Stanier after the Commander of the leading brigade (the 231st) of the 50th that landed on Gold Beach. Nearby are memorials to the leading battalions

Free French Air Force Memorial Arromanches
This is in the Place du Groupe d Alsace. The Lorraine and Alsace Groups were part of the FFAF formed by some 200 French pilots in England in July 1940

PLUTO Memorial Port en Bessin Normandy
PLUTO - Pipe Line Under The Ocean was an ingenious method of supplying the Allied Forces with fuel from a main base at Southampton. The idea is said to have been that of Lord Louis Mountbatten

British War Memorial to the Missing Bayeux
This is directly opposite to the British War Cemetery. It was designed by Philip Hepworth and bears the names of !, 805 Commonwealth service men and women who fell in the Battle of Normandy

US 2nd Armoured Division Hell on Wheels Memorial
These fading plaques are on a wall in the Club Belambra on Omaha Beach. The wall is on what was Exit 3 used for tanks. The Division landed on 9 June and went into action on the 11th

US 29th Infantry Division Memorial Omaha Beach
The 29th, the Blue and the Grey, was a National Guard Division, and on the beach just below the memorial the 116th Regiment landed

Sherman tank with General Leclerc Memorial Utah Beach
The French 2nd Armoured Divison landed here on 2/8/44 as part of General Pattons 3rd Army. The memorial is one of a number along the beaches all of the same style which were put up by the Comite du

US Federal Monument Utah Beach
This marks a Memorial Area just behind the beach in which can be found the US Navy Memorial, the 90th Inf Div Memorial, the 1st Engineer Special Brigade Memorial among others

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping