47086
2014-15
252
Commemoration Of The Battle Of Hill 112, 10 To 12 July, Normandy
William Cash
2014-07-10
That this House notes with pride this week the 70th Anniversary, 10 to 12 July, of Operation Jupiter in Normandy and the battle of Hill 112, the holding of which was described by Rommel as the key to the whole of Normandy, as part of the Allied victory, which was successfully conducted through the courage and bravery of the 43rd Wessex Division, including the 112th Field Regiment RA, the 59th AT Regiment, the 7th and 9th Royal Tank Regiments, together with the infantry Battalions of 7th Hampshire's, 4th and 5th, Dorset's 4th and 7th Somerset Light Infantry, 4th and 5th Wiltshire's, 5th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry, 1st Worcester's, 2nd Glasgow Highlanders, 7th Seaforth Highlanders, the 9th Cameronians, the Royal Scots Greys and 46th Highland Brigade, 15th Scottish, 53rd Welsh and 4th and 11th Armoured Division, supported by Typhoons and Mustangs, with parallel operations by the North and South Staffordshire Regiments, Canadian and Polish Divisions and those from East Lancashire, Royal Warwickshire and 49th West Riding and all others who successfully repulsed the Waffen SS/Hitler Youth 9th, 10th and 21st Panzer Divisions (Panthers and Tigers) and the 102 Tiger Tank Regiment and L.E.H.R. Division; and congratulates the Mayor and community of Fontaine Etoupefour who, with Andre Nové organised, a commemoration this week of the battle in and around Hill 112, Maltot and Ãterville.
Cultural heritage
Military operations
William Cash
2014-07-10
Proposed
Stone
Conservative
Richard Drax
2014-07-10
Seconded
South Dorset
Conservative
Mike Thornton
2014-07-10
Seconded
Eastleigh
Liberal Democrat
James Gray
2014-07-10
Seconded
North Wiltshire
Conservative
Gerald Howarth
2014-07-10
Seconded
Aldershot
Conservative
Jacob Rees-Mogg
2014-07-10
Seconded
North East Somerset
Conservative
Sarah Newton
2014-07-10
Signed
Truro and Falmouth
Conservative
Julian Lewis
2014-07-10
Signed
New Forest East
Conservative
Ian Davidson
2014-07-10
Signed
Glasgow South West
Labour
Penny Mordaunt
2014-07-10
Signed
Portsmouth North
Conservative
Peter Bottomley
2014-07-14
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
John Leech
2014-07-15
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
David Simpson
2014-07-15
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
William McCrea
2014-07-15
Signed
South Antrim
DUP
Robert Walter
2014-07-15
Signed
North Dorset
Conservative
Alan Meale
2014-07-15
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Jim Shannon
2014-07-15
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Mike Hancock
2014-07-15
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Robert Syms
2014-07-15
Signed
Poole
Conservative
Gregory Campbell
2014-07-16
Signed
East Londonderry
DUP
Ronnie Campbell
2014-07-16
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Nigel Dodds
2014-07-16
Signed
Belfast North
DUP
David Ward
2014-07-16
Signed
Bradford East
Liberal Democrat
Hywel Francis
2014-07-16
Signed
Aberavon
Labour
Bob Blackman
2014-07-16
Signed
Harrow East
Conservative
David Crausby
2014-07-16
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Fiona Bruce
2014-07-17
Signed
Congleton
Conservative
John McDonnell
2014-07-17
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Jeffrey M Donaldson
2014-07-17
Signed
Lagan Valley
DUP
Mary Glindon
2014-07-17
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Lady Hermon
2014-07-17
Signed
North Down
Independent
Annette Brooke
2014-07-17
Signed
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Jim McGovern
2014-07-21
Signed
Dundee West
Labour
Valerie Vaz
2014-07-21
Signed
Walsall South
Labour
Bob Russell
2014-07-22
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Alan Beith
2015-01-06
Signed
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Liberal Democrat