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Village life in Normandy
[Page under development: last updated 15 April 2019]
This page will cover various aspects of life in Normandy since we came to live here in 1994
This page will cover various aspects of life in Normandy since we came to live here in 1994
We live in the countryside 2 km from Notre Dame de Cenilly, a small village on the crossroads of the D38 and D29, and part of the previous canton of Cerisy-la-Salle in the Manche Département (50). In 2015 cantons were re-grouped and Cerisy-la-Salle was incorporated in a new larger canton of Quettreville-sur-Sienne. The nearest large towns are Coutances and St-Lô
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World War 2
The German Occupation 1940-44
Souvenirs de Normandie is an account (in French) by Denise Wolnerman of her time as a young Jewish refugee in Normandy. Born in 1936, she started school in Paris 1942 and was already forced to wear a yellow star. Already aware of the danger represented to Jews by German soldiers, she.was sent to Normandy. This is her own story (with photographs) of her evacuation to Normandy and her time in N D de Cenilly from March 1943 to September 1944 (i.e. before and after the D-Day landings in June 1944).
Souvenirs de Normandie is an account (in French) by Denise Wolnerman of her time as a young Jewish refugee in Normandy. Born in 1936, she started school in Paris 1942 and was already forced to wear a yellow star. Already aware of the danger represented to Jews by German soldiers, she.was sent to Normandy. This is her own story (with photographs) of her evacuation to Normandy and her time in N D de Cenilly from March 1943 to September 1944 (i.e. before and after the D-Day landings in June 1944).
D-Day (6th June 1944) remembered
D-Day (6th June 1944)
D-Day is commemorated each year in ceremonies hosted in turn by each of the communes in the canton.
On the night of D-Day, 6 June 1944, a Lancaster bomber of 460 Bomber Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) based at RAF Binbrook took off at 22:02 hours. Around midnight it was shot down over Coutances and crashed in flames in a field near Cerisy-la-Salle: all seven of the crew perished. The pilot was Australian, the other six crew British. They were:
Pilot Officer Frederick James Knight 422801 RAAF
Flying Officer, Air Bomber, William Lynam 152457 RAFVR
Flying Officer, Navigator, John James Read 154193 RAFVR
Sergeant, W. Op/Air Gunner, Farewell Harrison 1516172 RAFVR
Sergeant, Air Gunner, Leonard Wesley Hillman 1245750 RAFVR
Sergeant, Flt Engineer, Lionel Pearcey Croom 1587077 RAFVR
Sergeant, Air Gunner, Robert Elcombe 1811531 RAFVR
In 1994 a monument in their memory was inaugurated near the crash site in Cerisy-la-Salle where, each year on the 1st Sunday in June, a ceremony is held to commemorate the crew. It is attended by local dignitaries, the local branch of anciens combattants, by French and British residents and occasionally by families of the crew.
Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2011)
Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2014)
Robert Elcombe was one of the crew who died, aged 18. In 2015 his nephew David Elcombe, was present for the first time with his wife Jenny and laid a small cross against his uncle's name.
Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 7 June 2015)
D-Day is commemorated each year in ceremonies hosted in turn by each of the communes in the canton.
On the night of D-Day, 6 June 1944, a Lancaster bomber of 460 Bomber Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) based at RAF Binbrook took off at 22:02 hours. Around midnight it was shot down over Coutances and crashed in flames in a field near Cerisy-la-Salle: all seven of the crew perished. The pilot was Australian, the other six crew British. They were:
Pilot Officer Frederick James Knight 422801 RAAF
Flying Officer, Air Bomber, William Lynam 152457 RAFVR
Flying Officer, Navigator, John James Read 154193 RAFVR
Sergeant, W. Op/Air Gunner, Farewell Harrison 1516172 RAFVR
Sergeant, Air Gunner, Leonard Wesley Hillman 1245750 RAFVR
Sergeant, Flt Engineer, Lionel Pearcey Croom 1587077 RAFVR
Sergeant, Air Gunner, Robert Elcombe 1811531 RAFVR
In 1994 a monument in their memory was inaugurated near the crash site in Cerisy-la-Salle where, each year on the 1st Sunday in June, a ceremony is held to commemorate the crew. It is attended by local dignitaries, the local branch of anciens combattants, by French and British residents and occasionally by families of the crew.
Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2011)
Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2014)
Robert Elcombe was one of the crew who died, aged 18. In 2015 his nephew David Elcombe, was present for the first time with his wife Jenny and laid a small cross against his uncle's name.
Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 7 June 2015)
Liberation: July 1944
Between 24th and 27th July 1944, there was fierce fighting as the US 2nd Armored Division moved South down the D38, liberating local villages one by one. Notre Dame de Cenilly was liberated on 27th July and Roncey on the 29th. The 70th anniversary celebrations for the villages in the canton took place in Roncey on 27th July 2014.
In July 1944, Serge Torchio, President of the Anciens Combattants (then aged 11) showed the war photographer Robert Capa round the battle scenes in Notre Dame de Cenilly. See also the Artsy site Robert Capa page
Liberation celebrations 2014 contains a video clip of the firework display taken by our grandson Joe Hughes, great grandson of Joe Hughes who was parachuted into Normandy with 9 Para before midnight on June 5th 1944 for the attack on the Franceville-Merville gun battery (simultaneous with the raid on Pegasus Bridge) He was one of only 75 men who was not either killed or wounded.
Notre Dame de Cenilly was liberated by troops of the US 2nd Armored Division on 27 July 1944. This date is celebrated each year by the laying of wreaths.
Visit of US 2nd Armored Division veterans (Hell on Wheels (US 2nd Armored Division)
On Wednesday 2 September 2009 we had a visit by nine veterans who were part of the US 2nd Armored Division and their families. The visit formed part of the 65th Anniversary Veterans Liberation Tour in France, Belgium and the Netherlands and was the last formal event of the tour.
Unveiling of new monument (13 June 2015)
On 13 June 2015 a new monument was unveiled in memory of American soldiers killed during the liberation of Notre Dame de Cenilly and surrounding villages 27 - 29 July 1944.
Between 24th and 27th July 1944, there was fierce fighting as the US 2nd Armored Division moved South down the D38, liberating local villages one by one. Notre Dame de Cenilly was liberated on 27th July and Roncey on the 29th. The 70th anniversary celebrations for the villages in the canton took place in Roncey on 27th July 2014.
In July 1944, Serge Torchio, President of the Anciens Combattants (then aged 11) showed the war photographer Robert Capa round the battle scenes in Notre Dame de Cenilly. See also the Artsy site Robert Capa page
Liberation celebrations 2014 contains a video clip of the firework display taken by our grandson Joe Hughes, great grandson of Joe Hughes who was parachuted into Normandy with 9 Para before midnight on June 5th 1944 for the attack on the Franceville-Merville gun battery (simultaneous with the raid on Pegasus Bridge) He was one of only 75 men who was not either killed or wounded.
Notre Dame de Cenilly was liberated by troops of the US 2nd Armored Division on 27 July 1944. This date is celebrated each year by the laying of wreaths.
Visit of US 2nd Armored Division veterans (Hell on Wheels (US 2nd Armored Division)
On Wednesday 2 September 2009 we had a visit by nine veterans who were part of the US 2nd Armored Division and their families. The visit formed part of the 65th Anniversary Veterans Liberation Tour in France, Belgium and the Netherlands and was the last formal event of the tour.
Unveiling of new monument (13 June 2015)
On 13 June 2015 a new monument was unveiled in memory of American soldiers killed during the liberation of Notre Dame de Cenilly and surrounding villages 27 - 29 July 1944.
Music
Midsummer music
On June 21st every year, the centre of St-Lô is sealed off. The local radio channel Tendance sponsors an open-air pop concert on the banks of the river Vire and all over town there are groups playing outside bars. Thousands of people flock the streets: it's a great atmosphere.