Memorials Railway Station Caen

This plaque, located in the railway station of Caen, commerates the Normandy landings of 1944.

The text on the plaque:
PLAQUE ERIGEE A L'OCCASION
DU 50 ème ANNIVERSAIRE
DU DEBARQUEMENT EN NORMANDIE
A LA MEMOIRE
DES CHEMINOTS DE NORMANDIE
TUES PAR FAITS DE GUERRE
FUSILLES OU MORTS EN DEPORTATION
LORS DU COMBAT POUR LA LIBERATION
DE LA FRANCE ET LES LIBERTES HUMAINES

The translation of the text:
PLAQUE FOUNDED EN THE OCCASION
OF THE 50th BIRTHDAY
OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS
IN MEMORY OF
THE PLATELAYERS OF NORMANDIE
WHO HAD BEEN KILLED DURING THE WAR
EXECUTED OR DIED IN DEPORTATION
DURING THE BATTLE FOR THE LIBERATION
OF FRANCE AND THE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY

Another plaque commemorates the SNCF railway employees in this region who were killed in World War II.

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Source

• Text: Jente de Roust & Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons (1), Benoît Prieur (2)