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On 'D' Day, June 6th 1944, elements of 'C' Squadron The Inns of Court Regiment plus a detachment of Royal Engineers landed with the Canadians on Juno Beach at Courseulles-sur-mer. Their task was to get as far South as possible and 'Seize and Hold' the bridges on the west bank of the river Orme. if they were unable to 'Seize and Hold' they were to blow the bridges remaining on the Eastern side. This was to prevent Panzers in the rest of Normandy reinforcing those German troops round the bridgehead.
By D+1 they had got South of Caen, further than any other Allied troops. They were bogeyed up round a spot known as 'Jerusalem Crooss-roads, they laid out all their identification panels for Allied fighters and even had an RAF Liaison Officer with them. They were hit by American Thunderbolts, sustained heavy casualties and the operation had to be aborted. The dead are buried in a small War Cemetry just South of The Cross-Roads, and on the Cross-roads themselves there is a small Regimental memorial. 'Plus ca Change ---'!

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