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Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east.
Construction of the memorial cost 30,000,000 pounds sterling, of which £20 million was funded by the British government using proceeds from fines levied after the Libor scandal, [4] and £10 million by private donations. [1] [3] About 18 ha (44 acres) of land for the memorial was acquired on a hill to the west of Ver-sur-Mer overlooking Gold ...
Grave markers at the cemetery. The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel.It covers 172.5 acres, and contains the remains of 9,388 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II.
Ryes War Cemetery contains 652 Commonwealth burials and one Polish burial - mainly from casualties landing on Gold Beach. There are also 335 German graves. This cemetery is actually closer to Bazenville than Ryes. Saint-Charles-de-Percy War Cemetery is the southernmost cemetery in Normandy and contains 703 burials.
Gold Beach was the codename for the centre invasion beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944 or D-Day. It lay between Omaha Beach and Juno Beach, was 8 km wide and divided into four sectors. From west to east they were How, Item, Jig, and King.
The route here comprises the five landing beaches: Omaha Beach (from Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to Vierville-sur-Mer), Utah Beach (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont), Gold Beach (between Port-en-Bessin and La Rivière), Juno Beach (from Courseulles to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer), Sword Beach (from Ouistreham to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer), along with Pointe du Hoc ...
The British Normandy Memorial above Gold Beach was designed by the architect Liam O'Connor and opened in 2021. [215] The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery.
The 50th Division was one of two British divisions (the other being the 3rd Infantry) to land in Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, where it landed on Gold Beach. Four men of the division were awarded the Victoria Cross during the war, more than any other division of the British Army during the Second World War .