Horsa Bridge Memorial, Ranville

Horsa Bridge (previously known as Ranville bridge) along with Pegasus Bridge was captured during Operation Deadstick by a glider borne coup de main shortly before the Allied invasion began on D-Day.

HORSA BRIDGE

SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT ON 5/6 JUNE 1944
A HORSA GLIDER FLOWN BY S/SGTS
R A HOWARD AND FW BAACKE GLIDER
PILOT REGIMENT LANDED NORTH WEST OF
THIS BRIDGE WITH A PLATOONOF OXF
BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY LED BY LT J BENCE
THEY CAPTURED THE BRIDGE A SECOND
PLATOON UNDER LT H J SWEENY LANDED
NEARBY PILOTED BY S/SGTS S PEARSON
AND L GUTHRIE AND REINFORCED THEM