Crépon Assembly Area sign

From the sign:

Crépon Assembly Area
Management of the huge numbers of vehicles and men which it was expected would land on D-Day and several days after necessitated both advance planning and clear instructions. The planners foresaw the need for areas where newly arrived units could 'sort themselves out' before moving forward. Crépon Assembly Area was immediately inland from Gold Beach and provided the rendezvous point for units landing across the beach, especially in King Sector.

All dumps
In the military terminology of the Second World War a 'dump' was a depot set up to receive rations, fuel, or ammunition and issue them to units on demand. Pre-planned sites for the first dumps, established by No. 9 Beach Group on D-Day, included rations, at a farm that is now the Hotel La Rançonnière at Crépon and fuel also at Crépon. These dumps remained in use for several weeks until mid-August 1944 after which it was necessary to move supply units closer to the front.

TT 40 and TT 55
These symbols identify the headquarters of 50th Infantry Division (40) and 5th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment (55) and indicate the route to be followed by or to the headquarters or the battalion. Headquarters 50th Infantry Division was established at Meuvaines betwee Ver-sur-Mer and Asnelles.

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