Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados
Encyclopedia
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is a commune
in the Calvados
department in the Basse-Normandie
region
in northwestern France
.
, one of the landing sites on D-Day
, at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, during World War II
. On D-Day the infantry of the North Shore Regiment
of New Brunswick
landed there, and were backed up by the armour of the Fort Garry Horse (aka the 10th Armoured Regiment). le Régiment de la Chaudière
of Quebec
, came ashore in reserve.
About 100 defenders garrisoned the town and they were largely unaffected by the preparatory barrage. As such they were able to put up heavy resistance at the beach, and in the town as the Canadians pushed inland.
There are several monuments to the Canadian regiments who fought there like: the North Shore Regiment, the Chaudières, the Fort Garry Horse, the Royal Canadian Artillery and Royal Canadian Engineers, near the beach were they landed . A Canadian flag flies near the seawall and a preserved German bunker complete with its original 50-mm anti-tank gun inside.
's poem Red Cotton Night-Cap Country
, where it is renamed Saint-Rambert.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Calvados
Calvados
The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...
department in the Basse-Normandie
Basse-Normandie
Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in northwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
History
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is located at the eastern end of Nan Sector of Juno BeachJuno Beach
Juno or Juno Beach was one of five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. The sector spanned from Saint-Aubin, a village just east of the British Gold sector, to Courseulles, just west of the British Sword sector...
, one of the landing sites on D-Day
D-Day
D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...
, at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. On D-Day the infantry of the North Shore Regiment
North Shore Regiment
The North Shore Regiment was a Canadian army unit that was raised in New Brunswick.This unit consisted primarily of soldiers from the northern part of th province of New Brunswick....
of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
landed there, and were backed up by the armour of the Fort Garry Horse (aka the 10th Armoured Regiment). le Régiment de la Chaudière
Le Régiment de la Chaudière
The Régiment de la Chaudière is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces.-Insignia:The regimental insignia consists of two crossed machine guns, surmounted by a beaver supporting a fleur-de-lys...
of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, came ashore in reserve.
About 100 defenders garrisoned the town and they were largely unaffected by the preparatory barrage. As such they were able to put up heavy resistance at the beach, and in the town as the Canadians pushed inland.
There are several monuments to the Canadian regiments who fought there like: the North Shore Regiment, the Chaudières, the Fort Garry Horse, the Royal Canadian Artillery and Royal Canadian Engineers, near the beach were they landed . A Canadian flag flies near the seawall and a preserved German bunker complete with its original 50-mm anti-tank gun inside.
Population
Literary associations
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer is the setting of Robert BrowningRobert Browning
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:...
's poem Red Cotton Night-Cap Country
Red Cotton Night-Cap Country
Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, or Turf and Towers is a poem in blank verse by Robert Browning. It tells a story of sexual intrigue, religious obsession and violent death in contemporary Paris and Normandy, closely based on the true story of the death, supposedly by suicide, of the jewellery heir...
, where it is renamed Saint-Rambert.
Twin towns
- Bathurst, New BrunswickBathurst, New BrunswickBathurst is a Canadian city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Bathurst is situated on Bathurst Harbour, an estuary at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River at the southernmost part of Chaleur Bay....
, Canada
- Many soldiers that died in St.Aubin were from there. - EmsworthEmsworthEmsworth is a large village the south coast of England, situated on the Hampshire side of the border between Hampshire and West Sussex. The village lies at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, a large but shallow inlet of the English Channel....
in HampshireHampshireHampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
External links
- Official web site
- TCSA Official site of the Tennis Club association (7 clay courts)