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
Address
Place du Cuirassé Courbet
Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados
14880
France
Coordinates
49.264208, -0.187327
Parking
The Merville Gun Battery consisted of four six foot thick steel-reinforced concrete casemates each containing a 100mm gun, although Allied planners had thought they may contain guns of 150mm calibre due to the size of the casemates.
A memorial to members of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion located in Varaville
Varaville memorial to No3 Commando who under the command of Lt Col Peter Young liberated the town on the 17th August 1944
