Event    From 6/6/1944  To 6/6/1944

Normandy Landings / D-Day

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: France, USA

The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in Operation Overlord during WW2. The 'D' in D-Day doesn't stand for anything as it was used as a substitute for the actual date of the event.

Long-planned and long-wished for, D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in world history and marked the beginning of the collapse of the German forces.

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Normandy Landings / D-Day

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50th anniversary of D-Day

An information board in the garden tells us about a memorial but we can't fin...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, NE corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the north east corner of "A" block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, NW corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the north west corner of “A” block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, SE corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the south east corner of “A” block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, SW corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the south west corner of “A” block, C...

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Colonel John Birch

Colonel John Birch

Soldier and then member of parliament.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

Formed in 1937 by renaming the 24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's). The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association website gives an outline of this battalion show...

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Private Thomas John Casson

Private Thomas John Casson

Thomas John Casson was born circa 1886 in Lambeth, Surrey (now Greater London), the second of the seven children of James Casson (b.circa 1859) and Mary Sophia Casson née Young (circa 1866-1952). H...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport, Belgium, South Africa

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. J. Watson

A. J. Watson

Middlesex Rgt.. Fought but did not die in WW1

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Surrey Yeomanry

Surrey Yeomanry

Unit of the British army. First formed as volunteer cavalry and reformed in 1901. It saw action in both world wars. It is maintained today by 2 (Surrey Yeomanry) Field Troop, 579 Field Squadron (EO...

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1 memorial