Memorial General Gale Ranville & Memorial 1st Liberated Village Ranville

This memorial has been erected in memory of General Richard Nelson Gale. During Operation Overlord he was the commander of the 6th Airborne Division who landed in Normandy.

Next to the memorial for General Gale is a memorial. The text on the memorial:
RANVILLE
LE PREMIER VILLAGE DE FRANCE
LIBERE A ETE PRIS AUX ALEMANDS
A 2h30 LE 6 JUIN 1944
PAR
LE 13th (LANCASHIRE) BATTALION
THE PARACHUTE RGT

The translation of the text:
RANVILLE
THE FIRST VILLAGE OF FRANCE
LIBERATED FROM THE GERMANS
AT 2H30 ON 6 JUNE 1944
BY
THE 13TH LANCASHIRE BATTALION
THE PARACHUTE RGT

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Source

• Text: Jente de Roust
• Photos: Jente de Roust