World War II Memorial - Asnelles, France
N 49° 20.395 W 000° 35.148
30U E 675368 N 5468047
A monument to the 2nd Battalion of the South Wales Borderers is located on the Normandy Coast in Asnelles, France.
Waymark Code: WMMW2C
Location: Normandie, France
Date Posted: 11/12/2014
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The monument is located at Place Alexander Stanier, the city of Asnelles' main square. It commemorates the landing of the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the South Wales Borderers at Asnelles on June 6, 1944. The monument was unveiled on June 5, 1994 by Brigadier Sir Nicholas Sommerville, C.B.E. (Commander, Order of the British Empire).
An inscription on the monument is provided in three languages (Welsh, English, and French). In English, it reads:
2nd Battalion
The South Wales Borderers
Landed at Asnelles
on 6th. June 1944.
Unveiled on
5th. June 1994.
by
Brigadier
Sir Nicholas Sommerville, C.B.E.
The following information about the South Wales Borderers is from Wikipedia:
"The South Wales Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It first came into existence, as the 24th Regiment of Foot, in 1689, but was not called the South Wales Borderers until 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, various conflicts in India, the Zulu War, Boer War, and World War I and II. The regiment was absorbed into the Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969. As its name suggests, the regiment recruited primarily from South Wales."