2nd Battalion of the Hertfordshire Regt, Ver-sur-Mer

A memorial to the 2nd Battalion of the Hertfordshire Regiment who stayed here until the 31 August 1944 during the battle for Normandy.

VER-SUR-MER

TETE DE PONT
BRITANNIQUE

IN GRATITUDE TO
THE TROOPS
WHO IN THE COURSE OF
LIBERATING THE WORLD
FREED OUR COMMUNE AT DAWN
ON 6th JUNE 1944

AND IN MEMORY OF THE STAY HERE
OF THE 2ND HERTFORDSHIRE REGT
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
COLONEL J.R. HARPER
UNTIL 31 AUGUST 1944 DURING
THE BATTLES FOR
THE LIBERATIN OF FRANCE

KING SECTOR
RED BEACH GREEN BEACH
MAJOR W.R. NICHOLLS MAJOR D.C. SLEMECK