LINGEVRES Calvados - 15 km south of Bayeux A victory on the battlefield for the British Sherman South of Bayeux, the XXXth British Corps met with strong resistance of the Panzer-Lehr Division near Tilly-sur-Seulles. On 12 June in Villers-Bocage the 7th Armoured Division failed to bypass the main German defence line, General Horrocks ordered a frontal assault. On 14 June, the 50th Infantry Division started the attack. After a heavy preliminary artillery bombing, the 151st Brigade progressed toward Lingèvres. The British entered the town, but the German Panzers counter-attacked the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Sherman. The Sherman Firefly overcame the Panther, six German Panzers were blown up in Lingèvres, five had been destroyed by the same Sherman. At the end of the day another German assault was blocked by artillery, the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment held strongly Lingèvres.
50th Infantry Division monument Monument in memory of the 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division soldiers, who fought in June and July 1944 for the liberation of Lingèvres. Situation : at the edge of the D13 road, at western exit of the town, in front of the church     4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards stele Stele in memory of the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards soldiers, killed in the fighting for the liberation of Lingèvres on 14 June 1944. Situation : coming from Caen, take to the right before the church, then to the left, the stele is 200 meters at a fork
Essex Regiment stele Stele in memory of the soldiers of the 2nd Essex Regiment Battalion, "the Pompadours", who were killed in the fighting to liberate Lingevres on 11 June 1944. Situation : 1 km west of the town, take to the right and stop 50 m ahead, the stele is at the back of a picnic area
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