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Unique ID: 767 Added to Database: April 2009 Last Edited: April 2009 Type (ID): A22 Churchill AVRE (3905) Model (ID): Churchill AVRE (3905) Location Category (ID): Liberation Monument (6025) Location (ID): Lion-sur-Mer (6025) Serial Number: Registration: “T172091/C” painted on hull side ventilators and hull rear. Name: Other Identification: Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Vauxhall Motors Limited, Luton, Bedfordshire, East England, Britain (Churchill design parent and primary manufacturer) 2: Liberation Monument, Lion-sur-Mer, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Current location) Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved British Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In France publication: A plaque on the front left mudguard states “THIS CHURCHILL AVRE WAS REFURBISHED BY 15 FD WKSP 6 BN REME DURING MARCH/APRIL 1994”. Another plaque is mounted on the ground beside the tank and reads as follows: 6 Juin 1944 6 Juin 1994 CHAR CHURCHILL OFFERT PAR LE GENERAL SIR IAN HARRIS QUI COMMANDAIT LE BATAILLON D’INFANTERIE LE JOUR J 2nd R.U.R. (ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES) 6 June 1944 6 June 1994 CHURCHILL TANK OFFERED BY GENERAL SIR IAN HARRIS WHO COMMANDED THE INFANTRY BATALLION ON D-DAY 2nd R.U.R. (ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES)

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August 2007 1: Front right view Taken: 25 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1291 Added: 24 May 2009 Filename: 46CNV11_... Views: 178 Select/Has Priority: 4/0		2: Front left view Taken: 25 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1292 Added: 24 May 2009 Filename: 46CNV12_... Views: 142 Select/Has Priority: 17/0		3: Rear right view Taken: 25 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1293 Added: 24 May 2009 Filename: 46CNV04_... Views: 167 Select/Has Priority: 4/0
4: Plaque on hull Taken: 25 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1294 Added: 24 May 2009 Filename: 46CNV03_... Views: 130 Select/Has Priority: 17/0		5: Plaque on ground Taken: 25 August 2007 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 1295 Added: 24 May 2009 Filename: 46CNV13_... Views: 158 Select/Has Priority: 16/0

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