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Memorial 43rd Wessex Division

(UK: England - Dorset - Chedington)

This memorial at Winyard’s Gap commemorates the 43rd Wessex Division.

Text on the memorial:
TO THE MEMORY OF ALL RANKS OF
THE 43RD WESSEX DIVISION
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR
THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

1939 - 1945

THIS MEMORIAL
IS A REPLICA
OF THAT ERECTED
ON HILL 112 NEAR CAEN
THE SITE OF THE FIRST
MAJOR BATTLE
IN WHICH THE DIVISION
TOOK PART
JULY 10TH TO JULY 24TH 1944

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Chris Downer