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2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment

Photograph at the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment blue plaque

From this river, on the 3rd June 1944, sailed the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment (The Pompadours) to take part in Operation Overlord. They landed in Normandy on 6th June "D-Day", liberating Bayeaux on the 7th June. Lest we forget.

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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