A bridge named after the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment who liberated Touques on the 24th August 1944.
IN MEMORY
OF THE 2ND (GLIDERBORN) BATALLION
OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
LIGHT INFANTRY WHO ASSAULTED OVER THE RIVER HERE
AND LIBERATED US ON THE 24TH AUGUST 1944
A la memoire de
André
CHOTARD
MORT POUR LA FRANCE
23 AOUT 1944
etdes Soldats Belges
Marcel FOURNER
Benjamin PINKOUS
de la 2 eme Cie Motorisee
Which translates to
In memory of
André
CHOTARD
DEATH FOR FRANCE
23 AUGUST 1944
And Belgian Soldiers
Marcel FOURNER
Benjamin PINKOUS
Of the 2nd Motor Co.
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Trouville Cemetery contains 4 Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials.
Read moreTourgéville War Cemetery is located south of Le Harve to the north of Tourgéville it contains 210 Commonwealth burials of the first World War, 13 from the Second World War along with 90 German burials and two non-war burials.
Read moreA memorial to the soldiers of the PIRON Brigade who liberated Deauvilleand and Trouvilleon on the 22nd and 24th August 1944.
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