22nd Dragoons memorial, Cresserons
A memorial to the members of the 22nd Dragoons who died in the liberation of Europe, the regiment supported the liberation of Cresserons on the 7th June 1944 with their mine-clearing flail tanks
22nd DRAGOONS
30 ARMOURED
BRIGADE
79 ARMOURED
DIVISION
1940 1945
REMEMBERING THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS
FLAIR REGIMENT
WHO DIED IN THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE
CRESSERONS JUNE - AUGUST 1944
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