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3 5 Bunker on Place 8 Monument for Canadian troops 12 Ernest W. Parker stain-glass window D514 BERNIÈRES-SUR-MER 2 Remnant of a part of the A tribute to the Canadians It was offered by the son of , it is now a who died on Juno Beach on Mr. Parker, member of the Royal monument for the Canadian June 6, 1944. A map retraces Army Signal Corps, who landed 1 1 The Signal Memorial and British : the the route of the Canadian in Bernières-sur-Mer on June 6, Stormont, Dundas and troops on D-Day. 1944 with the Queen’s Own Rifles Rue Canet Rue Pasteur Memorial paying tribute to Glengarry Highlanders, of Canada. Visible in the village the Allied troops that started the Queen’s Own Rifles church. the liberation of Europe from of Canada, 22nd Dragoons, and the soldiers of the Royal this location. The memorial Berkshire Regiment who landed with the assault troops. in Bernières was the first of a series of ten. The first 9 Canadian bikes sculpture stone was placed on June SAINT-AUBIN-SUR-MER 6, 1949, inside which a shell was sealed and contains a text A tribute to the Liaison Troops detailing the event. The memorial was officially inaugurated of the 3rd Canadian Infantry on November 15, 1950. These memorials were partly financed Division, which landed on June 6, 1 Fort Garry Horse Monument by the sale of Allied shipwrecks. 1944, equipped with hundreds of 13 War Memorial bicycles in Bernières-sur-Mer. In memory of the men of this War Memorial and monument armoured regiment, whose for the civilians who died during Duplex-Drive tanks swam ashore 2 Canada House the D-Day operations (near the on this beach June 6, 1944. church). Also named House of the Queens’ Own Rifles of Canada as a tribute to the regiment which liberated it. It is situated on the part of Juno Beach code named “Nan White”. 10 Inukshuk 2 Fortified anti-tank gun emplacement 6 Fort Garry Horse Monument In Inuit language, this means This structure is one of the fortifications found 3 Plaque for the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada In memory of the Canadian “Human shape”. Constructed by within the WN27 German soldiers of the 10th Armoured the Inuits of the North of Canada, th 14 Monument for the 14 Field Regiment, defensive sector. This type of In front of Canada House, a plaque Regiment, Fort Garry Horse, who they watch over a sacred place. construction was designed indicates that it was liberated by died on Juno Beach to liberate This one was erected by the local Royal Canadian Artillery rd to house and protect 50mm The second assault wave on June 6, 1944, of the 3 this regiment which experienced Bernières-sur-Mer. municipality in tribute to the Canadian Division, was composed of the 9th : heavy losses on this beach on Canadian soldiers who died in Dedicated to the men of anti-tank guns, which - The Highland Light Infantry of Canada June 6, 1944. Bernières-sur-Mer on June 6, 1944. this regiment who died on would give enfilading fire along the beach. They had a 6.5km range. The gun still in place today is the one that inflicted - The Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders this location on June 6, 1944. Erected by Garth Webb, many casualties among the Canadian troops before it was - The North Nova Scotia Highlanders founder of the Juno Beach destroyed by a specialized tank. th - 27 Canadian Armoured Regiment ( Fusiliers) Centre. Numerous other divisions landed in successive waves to back up the front line. 3 Monument to the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment 11 The house of the War Correspondents 15 The Canadian War cemetery in Produced by the Terres de Nacre Tourist Office and the . Comprised of 4 sections The places of interest marked on the map are not exhaustive. Published: December 2018. 4 Plaque for the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada 7 Monument for the Régiment de la Chaudière Bény-sur-Mer/ Photo credits: Terres de Nacre Tourist Office, Juno Beach Centre, PAC. This former “Hotel Belle commemorating the North Layout and cartography: In memory of the soldiers In memory of the Plage” was the headquarters Situated on road D35 north Shore (New Brunswick) of the 3rd Canadian Infantry French-Canadians of the of Canadian and British of Reviers. 2,049 graves Regiment, the 48th Royal Division, the Queen’s Own Régiment de la Chaudière, journalists, photographs are taken care of by the Marine Commando, 21 www.terresdenacre.com Rifles of Canada, which commanded by Lieutenant- and cameramen, after the Commonwealth War Graves civilian victims, and the Fort landed in Bernières-sur-Mer Colonel Paul Mathieu, who liberation of the village. From Commission. Garry Horse Regiment, along in the first wave on D-Day. landed in Bernières-sur-Mer, this house, the first reports with a reminder of the mission carried out on August 4, 1940 on June 6, 1944. about the landings was broadcast . by Maurice Duclos, secret agent of the Free French Forces. 21 The Croix de Lorraine COURSEULLES-SUR-MER Memorials rd Other places of interest On June 14, 1944, General de JUNO BEACH : 3 CANADIAN INFANTRY DIVISION Gaulle landed between Graye GRAYE-SUR-MER and Courseulles-sur-Mer. Over the days that followed D-Day, it was absolutely essential that 1 War Memorial reestablished itself politically to avoid being governed by an Dedicated to the sailors of La Allied government of liberation. In Combattante (Destroyer of the landing on June 14, 1944, De Gaulle ), the took this potent political initiative, Allied troops, the people of restoring sovereignty to France. Courseulles who died at war This cross symbolizing the event during the First and Second World was unveiled in 1984. Wars, and in homage to General Leclerc. 27 D514 - Route de Ver 22 The Signal Memorial

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Route de Bény This Churchill AVRE tank was a modified version of the second most produced 3 Monument for the Regina Rifles Regiment British tank of the Second World War. This one landed In memory of the 458 men of the on this beach on June 6, 1944 regiment who died during the and soon sunk in a bomb crater. 32 years passed before it was st Second World War. Also plaques 7 1 “Bold” Tank 11 Inukshuk 21 recovered and put on display. nd 20 13 of the 22 Dragoons and IWT 24 14 (Inland Waterways Transportation This tank was recovered from This memorial pays tribute to the 17 the sea in 1970. The Duplex soldiers of the First Nations of Companies) of the British Royal oie des Fr 15 12 st Drive Sherman (DD) is the Canada who fought during the 22 19 V 11 24 The Polish 1 Armoured Division monument Engineers. 25 ançai 16 most famous in a range of Second World War. It was built by 23 s Libr lle es 9 10 5 Following the invasion of special tanks employed by the Inuit shaman Peter Irnik in au 18 4 G 3 in 1939, what remained of the the Allied forces. Its name is 2005. e d 8 due to the dual propulsion l Polish Army fled to England to a s system: by track on land and by propeller at sea, and e Avenue de la Combattante2 continue the fight. 16,000 soldiers u q st equipped with a flotation system. “Bold” is a memorial to the e 7 of the Polish 1 Division landed in . du G r b 6 st a Normandy at the end of July 1944, 1 Hussars, which also bears the insignias of the Canadian Av 4 Commemorative monument L

R u e d M . D n k r q some of them between Graye- regiments which took part in the D-Day landings and the D514 - Route de Ver 1 sur-Mer and Courseulles-sur-Mer. In memory of the Canadian Battle of Normandy. D514 - Route de ères V During the Battle of Normandy, Scottish Regiment, the men of er s Fr the division was integrated into the 8th , The Royal Scots 12 The tilted SKD Bunker Quai des Alliés th Place du 6 Juin the . Fusiliers, the 6 Border Battalion, Quai de the Kings Own Scottish Borderers 8 The German 50mm KWK39 During the Second and the 44th (Lowland) Infantry anti-tank gun World War, the defense Brigade, who took part in the of Courseulles harbour 25 Monument for the Example of an artillery gun, consisted of two strong liberation of Europe. th which the Canadians had to points, one to the east of 15 The 736 Regiment’s Command Post 18 The Nottingham Bridge monument and the First Canadian Scottish Regiments face on Juno Beach. Due to Courseulles and the other its port, Courseulles was well to the west – Strongpoint (underground) Almost 9,000 British soldiers A tribute for the two regiments defended by the Germans. 31. The latter represented some 30 defensive structures that It was connected to the landed on Juno Beach on who experienced heavy losses could house artillery pieces, machine-guns and mortars. Observation Post via a June 6, 1944, supporting before liberating the village of 5 De Gaulle Memorial This bunker could prevent access to the harbor, which the tunnel, which made it the Canadian forces. This Graye-sur-Mer. Germans considered crucial. possible to coordinate monument commemorates Erected during General de Gaulle’s defensive actions and adjust the construction of the lifetime, it commemorates his the sector’s artillery fire, bridge over the River Seulles arrival in France on June 14, 1944. 9 The Juno Beach Centre 13 The Tobrouk Ic 116 according to information during the days following the from the spotters. It was completely buried to ensure it was landings. The Canadian museum on Rediscovered in 2015 and effectively protected. (Accessible only as part of a Juno Park the D-Day Beaches. Relive cleared of sand in 2018. It guided tours organized by the Juno Beach Centre). the history of Canada and has two small rooms located the engagement of its people on the same level. The in the various fronts of the first would have been the 19 Tobrouk VF 69 ALT 26 Plaques for the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Second World War. ammunition storage room 16 Tetrahedrons the First Canadian Scottish Regiments and the second, with a large This tobruk possesses two 6 Monument for La Combattante ring opening at the roof, was These defensive elements openings to allow for the use On the old wash station in used to open fire at 360° from were part of the Atlantic of a mortar, while observing Graye-sur-Mer, these two The ship “La Combattante” a gun-turret. Wall. Besides the bunkers, the battlefield. plaques date from the 50th took part in the operations on 10 Allied guns the Wall consisted of Anniversary of D-Day. June 6, 1944 off the coast of anti-infantry and anti-tank Courseulles-sur-Mer. On June 14, The two guns in front of the fortifications and obstacles on the beach. These obstacles it was on “La Combattante” that museum are a 25 lb Mark were designed to prevent access to the beach, at both high General de Gaulle made his first II field gun and a Bofors 14 Observation Post R666 and low tides, and also included Belgian gates, Rommel’s return to France from England 40 mm anti-aircraft gun. asparagus, Czech hedgehogs. at Courseulles-sur-Mer. This ship During the Second World This observation bunker sank in the North Sea in 1945. War, the Canadian Army was at the heart of the 20 Bunker R612 “Cosy’s Bunker” 27 Inns of Courts monument One can see four other supplemented its artillery system of defense protecting monuments along the “avenue de with Allied equipment. Courseulles. It was linked to 17 Monument for the Named after Cosy Aitken, In memory of the men of la Combattante” pertaining to the the Command Post, and was a soldier in the Winnipeg this regiment of the 11th ship’s operations and use that pay a forward position designed It pays tribute to the sailors Rifles Regiment who was in British Armoured Division tribute to the fallen sailors and to to provide information on of the Royal Canadian Navy command of the assault on who landed in June 1944 and General de Gaulle. the enemy’s position and movements. (Accessible only as who gave their lives during the bunker. fought until May 1945. part of a Juno Park guided tour organized by the Juno Beach the Second World War, and Centre). notably on D-Day.