www.militarysupport.ca 191 The memorial at the Chateau d’Audrieu reads: To the memory of those members of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and supporting arms who were murdered, while prisoners of war, at le Chateau d’Audrieu, near le Mesnil-Patry and at le Haut du Bosq, on 8, 9 and 11 June 1944. A list of murdered RoyalWinnipeg Rifles, Royal Canadian Engineers, and 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa are listed on the plaque. They were captured at Putot and the surrounding area. Some were killed on the Abbaye’s grounds with others nearby. It is estimated that 156 Canadians were murdered by the 12th SS in Normandy. In fact, between 7 and 10 June 1944, one in five Canadians killed were murdered while prisoners of war.1 1 Howard Margolian, Conduct Unbecoming: The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy (Toronto: Toronto University Press, 1998), 254.
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