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
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Location
| Longitude: | -0.317075 |
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| Latitude: | 49.303729 |
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