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Clifford A. Maugham P.F.C. F. Co., 505 PIR, 82nd Airborne
Born 1920 - Died 1990
This plaque is to commemorate P.F.C. Clifford A. Maugham who parachuted into the garden of this house at approximately 01.45 hours on the morning of the 6th June 1944.
He was taken prisoner by a German soldier billeted in this house, who then in turn surrendered to him. P.F.C. Maugham went on to fight in Normandy, Holland and to survived the war.
This is also to perpetuate the memory of all the other men of the 2nd Platoon, Mortar Squad of F. Company 505 PIR, whose heroic action that night helped to change the course of history.
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