Cambes-en-Plaine Liberators Memorial to the 59th Staffordshire Division and the 3rd British Infantry Division.
1944 - 1994
CAMBES-EN-PLAINE
A SES
LIBERATEURS
59th Staffordshire Division
3rd British Infantry Division
Address
Rue des Prés
Cambes-en-Plaine, Calvados
14610
France
Coordinates
49.233058, -0.384933
Parking
Memorial in Cambes-en-Plaine dedicated to General Tommy Harris, who commanded the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles during June-July 1944. Located at Square Général Harris alongside a mosaic tribute to the battalion.
Cambes-en-Plaine Commonwealth War Cemetery is located 6km west of Caen and contains 224 Second World War burials. More than half of the burials belong to 59th Staffordshire Division who lost their lives in the final attack on Caen in operation Charnwood
A memorial to all ranks of the Royal Ulster Rifles who captured the village of Cambes-en-Plaine on the 9th June 1944.
