Plaque 147th Field Regiment R.A.

by , KilroyTrip

Plaque in memory of the YEOMEN of l'Essex who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Europe 1944-1945 and to perpetuate the memory of the regiment's landing on this beach on June 6, 1944. The 88mm gun at this location disabled 6 British tanks and delayed the offensive from the landing beaches before it was neutralized at a distance of 300 meters by a 25-pounder self-propelled gun from the ESSEX YEOMANRY under the command of Sergeant E.R. Palmer M.M.

Plaque in memory of the YEOMEN of l'Essex who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Europe 1944-1945 and to perpetuate the memory of the regiment's landing on this beach on June 6, 1944. The 88mm gun at this location disabled 6 British tanks and delayed the offensive from the landing beaches before it was neutralized at a distance of 300 meters by a 25-pounder self-propelled gun from the ESSEX YEOMANRY under the command of Sergeant E.R. Palmer M.M.