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The '''abbaye d'Ardenne''' (Ardenne Abbey) is the site of a [[Premonstratensian]] monastery in [[Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe]], near [[Caen]], [[France]] containing a chapel built in 1121 and other [[medieval]] buildings. It is most notorious, though, for being the site of a [[massacre]] of [[prisoners of war]] during [[World War Two]].
In June 1944, during the [[Battle of Normandy]], l'abbaye d'Ardenne was the ___location of the headquarters of SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 25, commanded by SS-Standartenführer [[Kurt_Meyer_%28Panzermeyer%29|Kurt Meyer]]. On June 7, eleven captured Canadian soldiers of [[The North Nova Scotia Highlanders]] and the 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment were taken to l'abbaye d'Ardenne and killed by the [[Hitler Youth]] [[German 12th SS Panzer Division|12th SS Panzer Division]]: Private Ivan Crowe, Private Charles Doucette, Corporal Joseph MacIntyre, Private Hollis McKeil, Private James Moss, Trooper James Bolt, Trooper George Gill, Trooper Thomas Henry, Trooper Roger Lockhead, Trooper Harold Philp, and Lieutenant Thomas Windsor.
Seven more North Nova Scotia Highlanders were killed there the next day: Private Walter Doherty, Private Reginald Keeping, Private Hugh MacDonald, Private George McNaughton, Private George Millar, Private Thomas Mont, Private Raymond Moore.
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