Memorial Brigade Piron Auberville

This memorial has been erected in memory of the Belgian Brigade (Brigade Piron) who liberated the town of Auberville.

The text on the memorial:
A LA MEMOIRE DES SOLDATS
BELGES ET LUXEMBOURGEOIS
DE LA
1ère BRIGADE BELGE
QUI EN AOÛT 1944 AU SEIN
DE LA 6ième AIRBORNE DIVISION
ET SOUS LE COMMANDEMENT
DU
COLONEL PIRON
LIBERERENT
AU PRIX DE DURS COMBAT
LES VILLES DE LA COTE FLEURIE
DE
SALLENELLES A HONFLEUR

The translation of the text:
IN MEMORY OF THE BELGIAN AND LUXEMBURG
SOLDIERS
FROM THE
FIRST BELGIAN BRIGADE
WHO, IN AUGUST 1944 AND PART OF
THE 6th AIRBORNE DIVISION,
AND AS COMMANDER
KOLONEL PIRON
WHO LIBERATED,
WITH HEAVY TOLL
THE VILLAGES OF THE COTE FLEURIE
FROM
SALLENELLES TO HONFLEUR

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Source

• Text: Jente de Roust
• Photos: Jente de Roust