Widerstandsnest 28, Bernieres-sur-Mer

This bunker was part Widerstandsnest 28 is on the seafront at Bernieres-sur-Mer and contains several plaques to Canadian and British troops who landed here to liberate Normandy and France including The Queens Own Rifles, XXIInd Dragoons, The 5th Hackney Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment, NO. 8. Beach Group, Storemont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders.

In Pace Paratus

Stand for a moment and imagine what it must
have been like when 800 men of the Queen's
Own Rifles of Canada stormed ashore at this
very spot on the 6th of June 1944. They were
the lead wave of the dramatic D-Day assault.
Strong points, like this bunker, were overcome
at great cost. By last light, The Queen's Own
Rifles had pushed forward to Anisy, thus
achieving their assigned D-Day objectives - the
only Allied unit to do so. On D-Day, 143 Riflemen
were killed or wounded. From Normandy,
The Queen's Own Rifles began the long bloody
advance against Nazi tyranny that ended in Allied
victory on the 8th of May, 1945. These men had
volunteered to serve their country and Regiment.
Their sacrifices have given us the freedom that
we enjoy today. By the end of World War II The
Queen's Own Rifles had suffered over 1,000
battle casualties and 462 Riflemen had made the
supreme sacrifice.

We will remember them!
Unveiled by members of the Regimental family - 6 June 1997
A book of Remembrance has been placed at the Church of Bernieres

XXIInd DRAGOONS
FLAIL TANKS
LANDED ON THESE BEACHES
AT H HOUR ON 6th JUNE 1944
TO CLEAR MINEFIELDS

THIS PLAQUE IS CONSECRATED TO
THE MEMORY OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS
OF THE 5TH HACKNEY BATTALION THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT
& NO. 8. BEACH GROUP
WHO LANDED HERE WITH THE ASSAULT TROOPS
TO LIBERATE BERNIERES & FRANCE ON 6TH JUNE 1944

STOREMENT, DUNDAS & GELNGARRY
HIGHLANDERS

On 6 June 1944, the Storemont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders
landed here on Juno Beach as Berniéres-sur-Mer
aboard 7 large landing craft including LCIL 299.

The "Glens" were part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division,
one of the 5 Allied Divisions involved in the D-Day landings.