50th anniversaire - Les libérateurs de Rots - France
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N 49° 12.682 W 000° 28.610
30U E 683760 N 5454017
Rots reconnaissant à ses libérateurs 1944 - 1994. Rots recognizing its liberators 1944 - 1994.
Waymark Code: WMWA2Y
Location: Normandie, France
Date Posted: 07/31/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamBPL
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"Monument 46th Royal Marine Commando Monument à la mémoire des soldats britanniques du 46th Royal Marine Commando, de la 4th Special Service Brigade. L’unité, formé pendant l’été 1943, était sous les ordres du Lieutenant-colonel Campbell Hardy. Le 46th Royal Marine Commando combattit à Rots et Le Hamel le 11 juin 1944, une plaque porte les noms de vingt deux soldats tués dans ces combats. Situation : place du 46th Royal Marine Commando, près du château d’eau
Monument régiment de La Chaudière & The Fort Garry Horse Monument commémorant la libération de Rots par les troupes canadiennes en juin 1944. Plusieurs régiments sont à l’honneur, une unité de la 3rd Canadian Infantry Division : le régiment de La Chaudière, ainsi que le 10th Armoured Regiment The Fort Garry Horse."

"Monument 46th Royal Marine Commando Memorial to the British soldiers of the 46th Royal Marine Commando, 4th Special Service Brigade, formed in the summer of 1943 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell Hardy. Royal Marine Commando fought at Rots and Le Hamel on June 11, 1944, a plaque bearing the names of twenty-two soldiers killed in these fights. Location: Place du 46th Royal Marine Commando, near the water tower
Monument commemorating the liberation of Rots by Canadian troops in June 1944. Several regiments were honored, a unit of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division: the La Chaudière regiment, as well as the 10th Armored Regiment The Fort Garry Horse. "
Subject: Town

Commemoration: Libération de la ville de Rots

Date of Founding: 1944

Date of Commemoration: 1994

Address:
place du 46th Royal Marine Commando 14 Rots


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