Plaque to Edouard Gerard, 1st Belgian killed, Sallenelles
This plaque, on the gate-post of house 13-15 on the D514 in Sallenelles, acknowledges Gerard as the first Belgian killed in the Landings. He was killed on 16 August 1944 and the Memorial was put up by Dinant, where he had been born 20 years before. The plaque disappeared around 2009. Gerard was a member of the Piron Brigade and has another Memorial in Ranville church
Picture No
12547985
Media ID
45764016
Size
2816px x 2120px
(1.6MB)
Credit
© Holt's Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Tonie and Valmai Holt - Holts' Battlefield Collection
Date
2008
