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Plaque Execution Airborne POW's

The text on the plaque is:

IN REMEMBRANCE

ON 23 SEPT. 1944 AT THIS SPOT PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE
"FIRST BRITISH AIRBORNE DIVISION" WERE EXECUTED

S. ALLEN, PRIVATE (20 YEARS)
J.A. COTTERELL, MAJOR (27 YEARS)
G.E. MC CRACKEN, PRIVATE (29 YEARS)
T.V.P. MC NABB, LIEUTENANT (22 YEARS)
K.S. MILLS, LIEUTENAN (21 YEARS)
H.A. PLATT, CAPTAIN (30 YEARS)

BRUMMEN WAS LIBERATED ON 15 APRIL 1945
EXACTLY 50 YEARS LATER THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED

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