Monument 59th Staffordshire Division Infanterie
This memorial was erected in memory of the 59th Staffordshire Infantry Division. This unit landed in Normandy in June 1944 and subsequently fought heavy battles in the city of Caen and the surrounding area.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Koos Winkelman
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Museum
Point of interest
- Radley-Walters Saint-Contest Memorial Park - Saint-Contest
- Abbaye d'Ardenne - Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
- Ruins Saint-Julien Church - Caen
Monument
- Memorial Buron 8 July 1944 - Saint-Contest
- Battle for Buron Memorial - Saint-Contest
- Memorial 59th D.I. Staffordshire Galmanche - Galmanche (Saint-Contest)
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Cambes-en-Plaine - Cambes-en-Plaine
- Commonwealth War Graves Biéville-sur-Orne - Biéville-sur-Orne
- Commonwealth War Grave Basly - Basly
Fortification
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