East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial, la Breche, Normandy
The 2nd and 5th Battalions of the East Yorks landed here on D-Day as part of the first wave of the British 3rd Division. The Division's landing beach had been divided into three sections, Peter, Queen and Roger, and then sub-divided as Green, White and Red. This is Queen sector
Picture No
12547956
Media ID
45763908
Size
2790px x 2087px
(2.1MB)
Credit
© Holt's Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Tonie and Valmai Holt - Holts' Battlefield Collection
Date
2009
