Historical D-Day structures on the Hampshire coast are once again accessible following repair work to a storm-damaged beach. Thousands of troops left from Lepe Beach in June 1944, and some of the ...
Less than 24 hours after this image was taken, the unit would arrive on shore at Sword Beach, one of five landing areas ...
British veterans give their account of the D-Day landings on Sword Beach; the first step towards defeating Nazi Germany. They recall the huge naval bombardment that preceded the landing ...
A 20 year-old bombardier in the Royal Artillery, John Life was among the first British assault forces to land on Sword Beach ...
It’s been 80 years since Marie West of Monument served in the Navy, but now, at the age of 101, she’s getting the recognition ...
Mr Pelzer arrived on Juno Beach on D-Day ahead of the landing forces as part of a unit tasked with clearing the area of mines ...
Lieutenant Richard Willis RN was the second in command on a landing craft tasked with taking US tanks and troops to Utah ...
On the run-in to Juno Beach they were fired on by German fighter ... Sheppard in June this year attending a memorial service at the Normandy D-Day Landings Memorial at Rettendon, Essex His unit ...