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Above the main entrance. Plaque Stone plaque honoring the American and British hospitals of World War I and the 549 British soldiers in a nearby cemetery, and British 51st Highland Division attached to Eisenhower's armies and the American "Camp Pall Mall" in World War II.


In December 1914, No. 1 General Hospital was established in Etretat in this hall and it remained there until December 1918.  In July 1917, it was taken over by No. 2 (Presbyterian USA) Base Hospital Unit, but it continued to operate as a British hospital

Monument Text:

(Left)

 

E T R E T A T

 

OU PENDANT LA GUERRE 1914 - 1918

FONCTIONNÈRENT UN HÔPITAL BRITANNIQUE

PUIS UN HÔPITAL AMÉRICAIN,

OU REPOSENT POUR TOUJOURS

549 COMBATTANTS BRITANNIQUES

DE LA PREMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE,

OU, LE 2 SEPTEMBRE 1944.

ARRIVA EN LIBÉRATRICE

LA 51E DIVISION DE HIGHLANDERS

DES ARMÉES DU GENERAL EISENHOWER,

ET OU FUT INSTALLE EN 1945

LE "PALL MALL CAMP" AMÉRICAIN,

EXPRIME ICI

A LA GRANDE-BRETAGNE

ET AUX ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE

SA RECONNAISSANCE ET SON AMITIÉ

 

                                                                             2 SEPTEMBRE 1946

 

 

(Right)

 

E T R E T A T

 

WHERE, DURING THE 1914-18 WAR

A BRITISH AND THEN AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL

WERE ESTABLISHED

WHERE FOR EVER

REST 549 BRITISH SOLDIERS

OF THE FIRST GREAT WAR,

WHERE, ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 1944,

THE MEN OF THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION

ATTACHED TO GENERAL EISENHOWER'S ARMIES

ARRIVED AS LIBERATORS,

AND WHERE IN 1945

THE AMERICAN "CAMP PALL MALL" WAS SITUATED

EXPRESSES

TO GREAT BRITAIN

AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ITS GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP

 

                                                                                   SEPTEMBER 2ND 1946

 

Commemorates:

People:

Dwight David Eisenhower

Units:

United States Army

Wars:

WWI

WWII

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