FIREFIGHTERS are preparing to take a piece of Durham to the site of a battlefield in France to honour the fallen of a famous regiment in a short but crucial battle.
A group from Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service will accompany a 1.4 tonne lump of Durham stone to the village of Lingevres, near Bayeux, in Normandy, where members of the Durham Light Infantry’s 9th Battalion took on elite German shock troops.
The capture of the village on June 14 1944, with the loss of dozens of lives, prevented the Germans holding a vital position blocking the Allied advance.
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