Cérémonies aux différents monuments et stèles

Tribute paid to the military victims and heroes of the Commando Kieffer, with several ceremonies in the town, notably at the Monument aux morts and at the various commemorative steles.2:30 pm : Ceremony at the Monument aux morts, erected on August 22, 1920, to pay tribute to the military victims.3 pm : Ceremony at the civil cemetery to pay tribute to the victims and to the British and French Commandos, where several members of the British No. 4 Commando Kieffer are buriedh: Ceremony at the civilian cemetery to pay tribute to the victims and to the British and French Commandos, where several members of the Kieffer Commando, British soldiers from No. 4 Commando who fell on June 6, 1944, and two British and Canadian airmen are buried.15h30: Ceremony at the "French Commandos" stele, avenue Winston Churchill, in memory of Marcel Labas, Jean Lemoigne and Lieutenant Augustin Hubert, members of the Commando Kieffer, who fell here on June 6, 1944.4pm: Ceremony at the "La Rafale" stele, avenue Pasteur, in memory of Commando Kieffer heroes Paul Rollin, Émile Renault and medical captain Robert Lion, who fell here on June 6, 1944.4:30pm: Ceremony at the "Operation Gambit" stele, at the Gare Maritime, erected in honor of the British submariners who took part in Operation Gambit.5pm: Ceremony at the Monument to the French Navy, in memory of the British submariners who took part in Operation Gambit.5pm: Ceremony at the Monument to the French Navy, in memory of the British submariners who took part in Operation Gambith: Ceremony at the Signal Monument. This is one of a series of ten Signal monuments, the model for which was created after the war by Yves-Marie Froidevaux, chief architect of the Monuments Historiques. They take the form of a ship?s smokestack, with inscriptions on the front. The back forms a hollowed-out wave, representing "the momentum of the sea towards the land". The stele originally stood on the beach, but was moved when the ferry terminal was built. 5:30pm: Ceremony at the "13th/18th Royal Hussars" stele, at the St-Aubin d?Arquenay traffic circle, in honor of the British tank regiments killed in action on June 6, 1944.