Sunday

11 June 1944

Start Location:

CAMBES

War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide German…

End Location:

CAMBES

Bn area shelled from S.W. Enemy tanks seen in LA BIJUDE area and a small number to 'B' Coys front. Small number of enemy located in A/TK ditch area (0713).

'D' Coy captured a prisoner identified as a Cpl of 12 SS Div (Hitler Jugend) & killed two others of a patrol that was near their forward posns.

D-Day+

11 June 1944

12 SS troops in action in Normandy By Mielke - https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/754/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79564697

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Died on this day =

Sunday

11 June 1944

Private	JOHN ANDREW	MARTIN	3187191	Sunday, 11 June 1944	27	RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Private	GEORGE DUNCAN HERRON	McPHERSON	2766332	Sunday, 11 June 1944	21	BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Captain	JAMES	ROYNON-JONES	129983	Sunday, 11 June 1944	25	RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Private	CECIL	SELBY	14002843	Sunday, 11 June 1944	20	RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

Wounded on this day =

Lt J D Catleugh	166595	Leg broken and shrapnel wounds. Possibly happened around Cambes.
Pte J. Connor	3066835	Possibly wounded in Cambes area
Pte D. Gallacher	14002559	Possibly wounded in Cambes area
Pte J.T. Thomson	3066997	Possibly wounded in Cambes area
Pte J. M. Grieve	3187416	Bullet wounds in right foot whilst in Cambes area of Normandy.