77 Armoured Engineer Squadron Memorial

A memorial to 77 Armoured Engineer Squadron and 22nd Dragoons Flail Tanks located on the beachfront at Lion-sur-Mer

This monument was unveiled by
General Sir George Cooper GCB MC
On the occasion of the granting of the freedom
of Lion-sur-Mer to the Corps of Royal Engineers
on 10 June 1989.

It commemorates the part played by 77 Assualt
Squadron RE in the liberation of the town on
6 June 1944 and the continuing links between
77 Armoured Division Squadron and Lion-sur-Mer

XXIInd DRAGOONS
FLAIL TANKS
LANDED ON THESE BEACHES
AT H-HHOUR ON 6th JUNE 1944
TO CLEAR MINEFIELDS