9th Battalion Merville Assault Memorial

A memorial marking the point the men of the 9th Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment gathered before assaulting Merville Battery.

FROM THIS CROSSROADS ON THE NIGHT OF 5/6TH JUNE 1944 THE 9TH
BATTALION OF THE BRITISH PARACHUTE REGIMENT, REDUCED TO 150 MEN
AND DEPRIVED OF MOST OF ITS WEAPONS AND EQUIPTMENT BUT UNITED
BEHIND ITS COMMANDING OFFICER LT. COL. T. OTWAY DEPARTED TO
ASSAULT AND CAPTURE THE MERVILLE BATTERY