A memorial to the 47th Royal Marine Commando who captured Port-en-Bessin during Operation Aubery on the 7th & 8th of June.
The memorial is located on the D514 entering Port-en-Bessin-Huppain.
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A memorial stone commemorating Port-en-Bessins use as an important oil port providing allied forces with the fuel required to continue their advance.
Read moreA small bunker in the harbour of Port en Bessin, the bunker has a plaque on it to the 47th Royal Marine Commando and the sailors of two French light cruisers Georges Leygues and Montcalm.
Read moreDisplays artefacts recovered from the seafloor along the Normandy coast including tanks, aircraft parts and documents sunken around the 6th of June 1944.
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