Villers-Bocage - the outcome
Though the British did quit the town after the day’s fighting, they only withdrew a couple of miles to a strongly held ‘brigade box’.
From there 7th Armoured held off successive attacks, losing only one tank, whilst destroying 20 German panzers and inflicting an estimated 800 casualties.
Villers-Bocage is one of the Regiment’s many battle honours.
As a result of their actions in the battle a number of medals were awarded including Military Crosses for Lieutenants ‘Bill’ Cotton and Kalman Berelowitz, plus a Croix de Guerre for Captain Pat Dyas.