16th Infantry Regiment black plaque

Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

16th Infantry Regiment United States Army From November 1943 to May 1944, the men of the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, were billeted in and around the town of Lyme Regis, raining and preparing for the upcoming assault landings in Normandy, France. Throughout this period, the people of the Lyme Regis

area were exceedingly hospitable and generous to those troops, many of whom brought home war brides from the area after the war. This memorial is dedicated to this day, first to remember those soldie

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