Monument Details

Railsplitter Plaque -84th Infantry Division

Details:

On the outside wall of the bakery on the rue de la Gare side of the building.

Plaque

A stone plaque with a picture of the scene and gold text in French and English. The plaque commemorates the site where the Scottish Highlanders met the US Railsplitters during the liberation of the town.

Monument Text:

THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE MEETING OF THE 1st BATTALION, BLACK WATCH

REGIMENT, 51st HIGHLAND DIVISION, AND THE 84th US INFANTRY DIVISION "RAILSPLITTERS"

WHO LIBERATED LA ROCHE-en-ARDENNE ON THE 11th JANUARY 1945

CETTE PLAQUE COMMEMORE LA RENCONTRE DE LA 51st SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS DIVISION

"BLACK WATCH" ET DE LA 84th US INFANTRY DIVISION "RAILSPLITTERS"

QUI LIBERERENT LA ROCHE-en-ARDENNE LE 11 JANVIER 1945

Commemorates:

Units:

84th Infantry Division

British Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Battle of the Bulge

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