2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers Memorial, Asnelles

A memorial to 2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers who landed at Asnelles on the 6th June 1944

YMA YN ASNELLES
ar 6. MEHEFIN 1944
Y GLANIODD 2nd BATTALION
THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS

2nd BATTALION
THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS
LANDED AT ASNELLES
on 6th JUNE 1944

LE DEUXIEME BATAILLON
THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS
ONT ADORDE ASNELLES
LE 6 JUIN 1944

UNVEILED ON
5TH JUNE 1944
BY
BRIGADIER
SIR NICHOLAS SOMMERVILLE. C.B.E.

The full story of the 2nd Battalion's actions in Normandy can be explored through their June 1944 war diary. The diary records the battalion embarking at Lymington on the 3rd of June, sailing for France on the 5th, and landing one mile east of Arromanches at midday on D-Day. From there it details their advance inland, including the fierce battle for the chateau at Sully, bridge operations around Ellon and Bucéels in support of 7th Armoured Division, and weeks of patrolling, shelling and close-quarter fighting near Tilly-sur-Seulles. Read the full war diary transcription here.