American Base Hospital 1/British Operations WW1 & WW2
Details:
Above the main entrance. Plaque
Monument Text:
(Left)
E T R E T A T
OU PENDANT LA GUERRE 1914 - 1918
FONCTIONNÈRENT UN HÔPITAL BRITANNIQUE
PUIS UN HÔPITAL AMÉRICAIN,
OU REPOSENT POUR TOUJOURS
549 COMBATTANTS BRITANNIQUES
DE LA PREMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE,
OU, LE 2 SEPTEMBRE 1944.
ARRIVA EN LIBÉRATRICE
LA 51E DIVISION DE HIGHLANDERS
DES ARMÉES DU GENERAL EISENHOWER,
ET OU FUT INSTALLE EN 1945
LE "PALL MALL CAMP" AMÉRICAIN,
EXPRIME ICI
A LA GRANDE-BRETAGNE
ET AUX ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE
SA RECONNAISSANCE ET SON AMITIÉ
(Right)
E T R E T A T
WHERE, DURING THE 1914-18 WAR
A BRITISH AND THEN AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL
WERE ESTABLISHED
WHERE FOR EVER
REST 549 BRITISH SOLDIERS
OF THE FIRST GREAT WAR,
WHERE, ON SEPTEMBER 2ND
1944,
THE MEN OF THE 51ST
HIGHLAND DIVISION
ATTACHED TO GENERAL EISENHOWER'S ARMIES
ARRIVED AS LIBERATORS,
AND WHERE IN 1945
THE AMERICAN "CAMP PALL MALL" WAS SITUATED
EXPRESSES
TO GREAT BRITAIN
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ITS GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Base Hospital 1
British Army
United States Army
Wars:
WWI
WWII
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