Monument Asnelles Gold Beach

Het Asnelles monument op Gold Beach is ter nagedachtenis aan de Britse troepen die Asnelles bevrijdden. De tekst op de middelste plaquette: A Ses Glorieux LIBERATEURS La Commune d'Asnelles le Hamel RECONNAISSANTE 6 Juin 1944 Vertaald: Voor de glorieuze bevrijders, de commune d'Asnelles le Hamel is dankbaar 6 juni 1944 De linkerzijde in Engels zegt: 2 HD BH Devonshire Regiment JST BH Royal Hampshire Regiment JST BH Dorsetshire Regiment 231 Infantry Brigade under Command of Brigadier Sir Alexander Stanier BG. D.S.O. M.C. of 50 Northumbrian Division supported by other units of the British Liberation Army were the first troop to land at Asnelles and le Hamel at 730 hours on D Day 6th June 1944 From here they started on their victorious advance to free many towns and villages in France Belgium and Holland and were the first British Infantry to enter Germany