Images Dated 14th March 2019 (page 2)

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

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

Ryes Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
The first burials here were made just 2 days after the landings. The 2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment liberated Ryes late afternoon on D Day helped by the 1st Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment

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

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

General Montgomerys Tactical HQ Creullet Chateau
The HQ was set up on 9 June 1944. On 12 June he met Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Smuts there, on 14 June Charles de Gaulle & on 16 June King George VI. Montgomery had a caravan in the grounds

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

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

2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers Asnelles
The Borderers landed at Asnelles on 6 June 1944 as part of 56th Independent Infantry Brigade which had been attached to 50th Division

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

German bunker WN65 le Ruquet Omaha Beach
When the Americans landed on D Day they moved off the beach via a number of gullys or draws. One of the most famous contemporary photos shows a long line of GIs fling past this bunker

First American Cemetery Marker Omaha Beach
This marks the first American battle burials in Europe. It was set up by 2nd Platoon of the 607th Graves Registraton Company

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

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

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

US 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment Chef du Pont
The Memorial has opposite a Memorial Garden with a Plaque to Our friend, O. B. Hill, founder of the 508th PIR Association

First Allied Surgical Hospital in Europe
The Hospital site, the Colombiere Chateau, had been chosen off the map while in England. Elements of 326th Medical Company arrived at 0700 on 6 June to find it occupied by Germans

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

US 507th Parachute Inf Regiment Memorial Amfreville
The figure stands in a Memorial Park unveiled by the Mayor on 23 July 2002. The structure is titled The Beginning and lists the medals

US 82nd Airborne & 90th Inf Div Memorial Gourbesville
The Memorial commemorates the 300 men who died during the liberation of the village. Early on 6 June the 507th Parachute Infantry dropped nearby but the men were very scattered

US 5th Engineer Special Brigade Memorial Omaha Beach
The memorial is standing on German bunker WN62 and overlooks Omaha Beach. It has a number of memorial plaques one or more of which has been stolen

Orientation table US Cemetery St Laurent Omaha Beach
The table which is in the St Laurent Cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach which can be seen beyond the guard rail. Standing beside the table

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

US 377th Infantry Regiment & 95th Division Window
This is one of two stained glass windows in the church at Trevieres. The other pictures St George and is in memory of Geo L Praz and the American friends of Trevieres

59th (South Staffs) Division Memorial Galmanche
The Division claims to be the first to enter Caen which it did on 9 July The small granite memorial was erected by the villagers of Sainte-Contest

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

2nd & 5th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial
The plaque is on the wall of the small square on the edge of la Breche d Hermanville - Sword Beach. The Battalions landed in the first wave on D Day 6 June 1944 There are many other memorials around

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

Aquatint British Commando Raid 12 September 1942
The memorial plaque is on a wall facing Omaha Beach. A forceof the British Small Scale Raiding Force Commando of 11 men commanded by Major Gus March - Phillips attempted a landing here but came under

American 82nd Airborne Division Neuville au Plein
The Memorial Plaque tells of fighting here by Company D, 2nd Battalion, 505 Parachute Regiment and was put up in 2005 by the Quincy Brigade of the C47 Club. It thanks the civilians for their help

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