AIRBORNE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS & PLAQUES
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ONTARIO​​
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Canadian Airborne Forces Collection (CAFC)
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It is part of Garrison Petawawa Military Museum.
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Contains various artifacts and plaques capturing​ the entire Cdn AB experience.
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“Iron Dick”
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Monument to the Cdn AB Regt.
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Located at the Garrison Petawawa Military Museum outdoor display.
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Cyprus 2024 Anniversary Plaque
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Memorial Park in front of Garrison Petawawa Military Museum. 50th anniversary of the Cdn AB Regt actions in the 1974 war.
ALBERTA
The First Special Services Force (The Devil's Brigade) Highway Dedication Plaque
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The plaque also notes that in 1999, Alberta Hwy #4 from Lethbridge to the U.S. border was dedicated to the FSSF.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Fort William Henry Harrison Museum
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Contains various artifacts and plaques capturing FSSF history.
UNITED KINGDOM
Westminster Abbey
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Plaque dedicated to the 6th Airborne Division.​
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​The Parachute Regiment figure was modelled on Corporal Howard Elliott, the inscription on the plaque reading, ‘To the Glory of God and in memory of all ranks of the Airborne Forces and Special Air Service who fell in the Second World War 1939-1945. These were mighty men of valour.’
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FRANCE
Le Mesnil Crossroads
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Cairn dedicated to 1 Can Para Bn
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14860 Bavent, Normandy
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"IN TRIBUTE TO ALL RANKS OF THE IST CANADIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION DROPPED INTO NORMANDY IN THE EARLY HOURS OF D' DAY JUNE 6 1944 WHO UPON THIS GROUND SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED A VITAL APPROACH TO THE EAST FLANK OF THE ALLIED LANDINGS"​
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First Service Special Force (FSSF) Memorial Plaque
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Cairn - disbandment of the FSSF.
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The plaque is in a small memorial garden with a number of other memorials on the right side as you face the garden.
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A white marble inscribed plaque mounted to a pole standing several feet off the ground.
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The plaque remembers the First Special Service Force (FSSF), a joint US-Canadian unit, which liberated Menton during Operation Dragoon.
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
D-Day Landing Memorial
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Cairn - disbandment of the FSSF.
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The plaque is in a small memorial garden with a number of other memorials on the right side as you face the garden.
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A white marble inscribed plaque mounted to a pole standing several feet off the ground.
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The plaque remembers the First Special Service Force (FSSF), a joint US-Canadian unit, which liberated Menton during Operation Dragoon.
Bénouville 6th Airborne Division and Lord Lovat's Commando memorial
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A memorial to the 6th Airborne Division and Lord Lovat's Commando located between Pegasus Bridge and Bénouville town hall.
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To you of the 6th Airborne Division
To you of Lord Lovat's commando
In memory of the 6th June 1944
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts
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Memorial 6th British Airborne Divisie Bréville-les-Monts
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This memorial has been erected in memory of the soldiers from the British 6th Airborne Division who died during the Battle of Bréville-les-Monts (12-13 June 1944)
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6th BRITISH AIRBORNE DIVISION IN MEMORY OF THE INHABITANTS OF BREVILLE WHO DIED IN 1944 AND ALSO TO THE MEN OF THE 12TH YORKSHIRE PARACHUTE BATTALION, THE 12TH BATTALION THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT AND OTHER DETACHMENTS WHO ON THE EVENING OF 12 JUNE 1944 ASSAULTED BREVILLE THROUGH THE 1st COMMANDO BRIGADE POSITIONS FROM THE DIRECTION OF AMFREVILLE AND DROVE OUT THE GERMAN FORCE 162 MEN OF THE DIVISION DIED. THEY LIE IN THE RANVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY
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ITALY
First Special Service Force (FSSF) Plaque- Rome
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The marker is a plaque mounted to the Roman era wall, just 10 feet above the ground next to three other commemorative plaques.
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A white marble inscribed plaque about 3 feet high by 5 feet long.
1st Regiment, FSSF, Monte La Defensa, Ridge 368 Marker
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Behind a trail sign off the trail under trees between an ex-German Machine gun position and up a narrow ridgeline on a pile of boulders.
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The marker is a black metal panel (about 2 ft by 2 ft) with silver inscription. The First Special Service Force (FSSF) symbol is in the bottom right of the plaque.
Hill 720 – First Special Service Force Marker
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Upon arriving in the park with a view over the valley below, Hill 720 will be to the right, and the marker will be to the left up the hill in a rocky field about 30 meters from the parking area. Altitude 720 meters.
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The marker remembers those who gave their lives fighting with the First Special Service Force (FSSF). The marker is specifically located on and Hill 720
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the western end of Monte Sammucro (1205 m) which the FSSF took on Christmas Day 1943.
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First Special Service Force (FSSF) Memorial
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The plaque is located at the top of the left wall in the Comune entryway.
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The town of Mignano Montelungo lays in the heart of the Mignano gap - a narrow point along route SS 6 where the Germans built the defensive Bernhardt (also called the Reinhard) line through the surrounding mountains.
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CYPRUS
Cyprus 2024 60th Anniversary Plaque
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Marks the 60 th anniversary of UNFICYP and the 50th anniversary of the Cdn AB Regt actions during the 1974 war. Located at Wolseley Barracks