Monument Royal Winnipeg Rifles & Canadian Scottish Regiment

Monument voor het Royal Winnipeg Rifles & Canadian Scottish Regiment.

Het roze granieten monument zegt:

And by the power of one word
I start my life anew
I was born to know you
to name you
Liberty
— Paul Eluard

This monument is dedicated to the memory of the
Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and
to all other Canadian combatants who played a part
in the liberation of Putot en Bessin
on 7th June 1944.

Het grijze granieten monument zegt:

This monument is dedicated to the soldiers of the 1st Battalion the Canadian Scottish Regiment who fought the battle of Putot-en-Bessin 8 and 9 June 1944 and to all members of the regiment who served the cause of freedom for the liberation of Normandy

Op de zwarte stenen staan soldaten uit:

3rd Anti-Tank RCA
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
12th Field Artillery Regiment RCA
13th Field Artillety (sic) Regiment RCA
62nd Anti-Tank RA
Sherbrooke Fusiliers
Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders

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