Edouard Gerard Plaque, Sallenelles

A memorial plaque to Edouard Gerard the first member of the Piron Brigade to be killed in Normandy, he was buried at Ranville Commonwealth War Cemetery

ICI TOMBAIT AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR
LE 16 AOUT 1944
LE PREMIER SOLDAT BELGE
DE LA BRIGADE PIRON
EDOUARD GERARD
ORIGINAIRE DE DINANT (BELGIQUE)
IL AVAIT 20 ANS

OFFERT PAR SA VILLE NATALE

Which translates to:

HERE FELL FIELD OF HONOR
ON 16 AUGUST 1944
THE FIRST BELGIAN SOLDIER
OF THE BRIGADE PIRON
EDOUARD GERARD
ORIGINALLY FROM DINANT (BELGIUM)
20 YEARS OLD
OFFERED BY HIS HOMETOWN