Sundial at 41st Royal Marine Commando Memorial, Lion Sur Mer, Normandy, France - Sundials on Waymarking.com

This sundial is incorporated into the 41st Royal Marine Commando Memorial, which commemorates the the liberation of Lion Sur Mer by the 41st Royal Marine Commando. Written on the memorial are the names of the soldiers who died in Lion-sur-Mer on 6 and 7 June 1944.

The memorial includes a plaque with a message from U.S. President Roosevelt for freedom and a British Churchill Avre tank.


Lion-sur-Mer was part of the Sword Beach landings, "Sword Beach" was one of the code names for the five main landing beaches in Operation Neptune, which was the initial assault phase of Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944) and a major turning point in World War II.

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en.tracesofwar.com/article/1284/41st-Royal-Marine-Commando-Memorial.htm
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Sundial Type: Analemmatic - Vertical gnomon with elliptical dial Related Web Site: [Web Link]

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