Thury-Harcourt

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To read the Wikipedia entry on this village please click here.

The photographs of the village taken during the research trip are set out below. The photographs are not individually titled but hopefully present a comprehensive picture of the village and the River Orne:-

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It will be noted that this is the location at which the 70th Infantry Brigade was disbanded at the end of August 1944, in order to provide reinforcements for other units, particularly in 50th and 51st Divisions, which contained the "parent" units related to the Battalions of the Brigade.