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Memorial First and Second World War Étretat

This Memorial Plaque is situated above the entrance to the ancient market place in the centre of Étretat. The text is as follows:

"Etretat where during the 1914 - 18 war a British and then American hospital were established where for ever rest 549 British soldiers of the First Great War. Where, on September 2 1944 the men of the 51st Highland Division attached to General Eisenhowers Armies arrived as liberators. And where in 1945 the American Camp Pall Mall was situated expresses to Great-Britain and the United States of American its Grattitude and friendship.

September 2 1946"

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Source

  • Text: Kevin Prenger
  • Photos: Coen Prenger

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