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Map of the Dieppe Operation - 19Aug1942
Photos from the war years
Merritt Bridge - Pourville - 5Sep1944, over which Col. Merritt won his Victoria Cross
Revisit to Pourville Beach, 5Sep1944 - compare with present day photo
19Aug1946 - compare with present day photo
Pourville, 1Sep1944 - hotels and cliffs
The beaches decades later
Sea wall where men had to climb with ladders
Orange Beach - West of No. 4 Commandos
Orange Beach - No. 4 Commando, No. 10 French Marines
View of cliffs directly behind west end of Dieppe Beach
Homes - Red and White Beach
Entrance to Dieppe Harbour
West of No. 3 Breakwater and Pier
Blue Beach - Puys Village
Cliffs - Dieppe - exact location not known
A return visit - 1961
Canadian War Cemetery - Brettville-Sur-Laize - July, 1961 - PT Maule, his son and daughter in front of headstones for W. Knight and E. Stewart killed by sniper at Falaise.
Paintings honouring Canadian Regiments by David Devigne
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Calgary Regiment - 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment, B Squadron - C Squadron
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - 6th Brigade
South Saskatchewan Regiment - 6th Brigade
A painting by David Devigne of Pessac/Bordeaux, France, of Canadian ribbon and Medal CVSM (Canadian Volunteer Service Medal) & Clasp - the clasp is a silver bar with small maple leaf, placed across the Ribbon, Dieppe clasp above.
Monuments
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Memorial - 301 Killed in Action - Memorial is located at bottom of cliff, west end.
No. 3 Commando - Yellow Beach
Main Beach - Dieppe
Royal Regiment of Canada - Memorial plaque - Blue Beach - Puys
Dieppe - Canadian War Cemetery
Orange Beach - 1st & 2nd No. 4 Commando & 10th French Marines
Plaque on west end of Green Beach
Plaque honouring Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
FMR Plaque
Yellow Beach - No. 3 Commando and 1st Ranger Battalion
The first Dieppe Memorial placed there by Prime Minister MacKenzie King on 18 August 1946. It is located near west end of White Beach in vicinity of the Casino. The RHLI & Essex Scottish suffered many casualties when attempting to take the Casino (see map, above). Described as "round white ball with Red Maple Leaf in center" with 'Canada' below, and a brass plate inscribed with date of presentation. MacKenzie King also placed the one on Green Beach on 18 August 1946.
Monument marking place where WWI Armistice was signed and where Hitler made France sign in rail car in 1940
Yellow Beach - 1st Ranger Battalion(USA) Memorial Plaque
Reunions at the end of the century
1989 50th Reunion - Guy Ludgate, Buck Buchanan with cane(next to Guy), Tom Bickerton(looking to his right, behind Buck Buchanan
Sidney Reunion 1992
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