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Memorial Princess Irene Brigade Bréville-les-Monts

This memorial has been erected in memory of the Dutch Brigade Prinses Irene who fought near the castle of Saint Côme in August 1944.

The Dutch text on the memorial:
TER HERINNERING AAN DE
GEVECHTEN VAN DE
KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE
BRIGADE "PRINSES IRENE"
ROND CHÂTEAU SAINT
CÔME GEDURENDE DE
BEVRIJDING VAN EUROPA

AUGUSTUS 1944


The translation of the text:
IN MEMORY OF THE
FIGHTINGS OF THE
ROYAL DUTCH
BRIGADE "PRINCESS IRENE"
AROUND SAINT CÔME CASTLE
DURING
THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE

AUGUST 1944

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