Pont Oxf & Bucks, Touques

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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Listing: Pont Oxf & Bucks, Touques

Location

Avenue Ox Ad Bucks
14800Touques
Calvados
France
Longitude:0.102455
Latitude:49.340001

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