First Special Service Brigade Memorial, Amfreville

A memorial to the men of the First Special Service Brigade who died fighting in Normandy.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
OFFICERS AND MEN
OF THE
FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE BRIGADE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE FIGHTING IN
NORMANDY
JUNE-JULY 1944
HQ 1 S.S. BRIGADE

3 COMMANDO 4 COMMANDO
6 COMMANDO 45 COMMANDO
10 I-A-COMMANDO

HOMMAGE AUX MORTS
THIS MEMORIAL HONOURS THE BRITISH
AND FRENCH COMMANDOS WHO LANDED
FROM THE SEA ON THE MORNING OF D-DAY,
6TH JUNE 1944, AND THOUGHT THEIR WAY INLAND
TO JOIN 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. TOGETHER
THEY HELD THE EASTERN FLANK SECURE
AGAINST ALL ENEMY ATTACKS THROUGHOUT
THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN.