Normandy Collection (page 3)

Helmets from the great seals of kings and barons. William the Conqueror 1, 2, William Earl of Mellent 3, son of Richard I 4, Duke of Normandy 5, Richard I 6, Ferdinand III 7, Alexander II 8

Duel between the Chamberlain of Tancarville
Combat between the Chamberlain of Tancarville and Sire of Harcourt, Normandy, 1300. The duel was halted by the King of France

Charlemagnes Paladins saying their goodbyes
Paladins, warriors of Charlemagnes court, saying their last goodbyes to their bridesmaids in the gallery of the Palace of Bourgtheroude, Normandy

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

Luftwaffe Radar Station Bunkers Douvres Normandy
This was not only a radar station but as it was on high ground it was a major defensive position with bunkers, barbed wire and minefields. The bunkers are often hidden by crops

Airfield B16 pumping station Moulineaux Normandy
This is proably the only remaining such structure and was stone built for its purpose to pump fuel to the airstrip at Villons le Buissons. Inspection will reveal the signs CARPE DIEM and JULY 1944

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

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

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

Creully Chateau BBC Radio Studio Normandy
The BBC set up its studio here on 19 June and it was used by American, Canadian and French broadcasters. The broadcasts went to the General Forces Progtamme

Sexton Self Propelled Gun Ver sur Mer Normandy
The 25pr is in Espace Robert Kiln named after Dr Kiln who presented it. His father fought here. Initially the gun was mobile but the engine had to be sold to raise finance

Essex Yeomanry Plaque Gold Beach Bunker Normandy
The Essex landed on Gold Beach on D Day as part of 231 Brigade which was attached to 50th Division. The plaque is on the side of a bunker which was overcome by Sgt R E Palmer in an action that won

German Bunker Asnelles Gold Beach Normandy
This defensive bunker posed considerable problems to the units of 231 Brigade who landed here - the Dorsets, the Hampshires and supporting armour of the Essex Yeomanry & Sherwood Foresters

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

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

Museum of Underwater Wrecks Port en Bessin
In 1970 Jaques Lemonchois was asked to clear war wrecks not cleared by the government. The results here include tanks, parts of aeroplanes and torpedos, plus films, photos and documents

No 4 Group Bomber Command RAF Monument Normandy
In 1944 two French bomber squadrons, Groupe Guyenne and Groupe Tunisie formed part of No 4 Group RAF and were given the numbers 346 and 347

HQ General J Lawton Collins Haras la Hubert Normandy
An Advance HQ was set up here by General Eugene Landrum on D Day for V11 Corps. Plaques on the gatepost claim that General Collins established The first Command Post of the American Army in France

German Gun Bunker Azeville Normandy
This was one of the first parts of the Atlantic Wall to be constructed. There are four casemates 30 metres apart linked by 300 metres of concrete trenches

Entrance to site of German POW Camp Foucarville
Eventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops

HQ General Maxwell Taylor Hiesville Normandy
This 101st US Airborne Division HQ had been chosen from a map while the troops were still in England and the headquarters was operative by 0900 hours on 6 June 1944

General Pattons HQ with Sherman tank Nehou Normandy
Patton had his Command Post here from 6 July to 2 August 1944. The memorial area was initially set up by the State of Connecticut

US Naval Memorial Utah Beach Normandy
The three 8-feet tall bronze figures represent a Naval Captain, a sailor with a 5 inch shell and a member of a demolition team carrying a rifle

US Advanced Airfield A13 Marker Vaucelles Normandy
The Airfield was built by the 864th US Air Engineers Battalion & the Memorial was unveiled on 6 June 1989. The Franco-American 9th Airforce Normandy Airfields Association has marked all the 9th USaF

Eros Royal Engineers Memorial Tierceville Normandy
The figure was made by 179th Special Field Company and completed on 23 August 1944. in one particularly heavy frost it lost a leg but thanks to former members of the French Resistance & the Comite du

German Cemetery Orglandes Normandy
There are over 10, 000 burials here from the battles as the Americans drove towards Cherbourg. Originally both Germans and Americans were buried here but the latter were moved in 1945 to St Laurent

US Cemetery Marker Number 1 St Mere Eglise Normandy
This is one of three markers at the locations of the first American cemeteries. There were 3, 000 soldiers buried here. By 10 June there were eight battlefield cemeteries but these were later

US 5th Ranger Battalion Omaha Beach Normandy
The two Ranger Battalions - the 2nd and the 5th - were commanded by Texan Lt Colonel James E Rudder. The 2nd were charged with taking Pointe du Hoc and the 5th 5th Pointe de la Percee

3rd British Infantry Division Memorial Normandy
This is in the small village of Periers sur le Dan some 3 miles inland of Sword Beach where the Division landed on 6 June 1944

German War Cemetery la Cambe Normandy
This was originally an American cemetery for the dead of 29th Division. In 1947 the Americans were either repatriated or buried at the American Cemetery at St Laurent overlooking Omaha Beach

Grand Hotel des Victoires, Yvetot, Normandy, France. circa 1910

Ferry service, Quillebeuf, Normandy, France
Ferry service on the River Seine, Quillebeuf, Normandy, France. Date: circa 1908

The Brave and the Fair at Pourville
Some impressions of the Grand Hotel and Casino at Pourville on the Normandy coast, one of a number of resorts in the area to attract the chic and sophisticated society. Date: 1924

The Pier Theatre, Arverne, Long Island, New York, USA. Date: circa 1905

Scene at Dieppe, Normandy, Northern France, with fishermen out with their nets, hunting for prawns. Date: 1922

Milkmaid on a donkey, Normandy, Northern France
Milkmaid sitting on a donkey, doing her deliveries in Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, Northern France. Date: 1922

Barber in action, Rouen, Normandy, Northern France
Barber in action, shaving a sailor on the quayside at Rouen, Normandy, Northern France. Date: 1922

Woman with donkey, Normandy, Northern France
Woman in traditional costume with a donkey, carrying items in a pannier, in front of a timbered building in Normandy, Northern France. Date: 1922

Village scene, Normandy, Northern France, with adults, children and cattle. Date: 1922

Woman in traditional headdress, Normandy, Northern France
Woman in traditional high headdress made of lace and muslin, Normandy, Northern France. 1922

Poster, Normandy, France, design by Raoul Dufy for French Railways. circa 1950

Steet Scene - Neufchatel-en-Bray, France
Street Scene - Neufchatel-en-Bray - a commune situated in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy Region, northern France. Date: 1899

Temporary Theatre - Neufchatel-en-Bray, France
A temporary Theatre erected (alongside other tents and sideshows) outside the Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) at Neufchatel-en-Bray - a commune situated in the Seine-Maritime department of the Normandy

La Place Gambetta, Le Havre, Northern France
View of La Place Gambetta, Le Havre, Normandy, Northern France. Date: circa 1910

Group of holidaymakers, Riva Bella, Normandy, France
Group of holidaymakers at Riva Bella, Normandy, France, August 1921. Date: 1921

Two women bathing in the sea, Normandy, France
Two women (probably mother and daughter) bathing in the sea, Riva Bella, Normandy, France, August 1921. Date: 1921

Breton lace seller in Granville, Normandy, France, with a war memorial in the background. Date: circa 1960s

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