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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William Carlos

William Carlos

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1 memorial
A. H. Ellis

A. H. Ellis

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

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1 memorial
Harold Mugford, VC

Harold Mugford, VC

Born Harold Sandford Mugford at 149 Keetons Road, Bermondsey. On the 11th April 1917, at Monchy-le-Preux, France, he put his machine-gun in an exposed position from which he was able to face the en...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War served, WW1
2 memorials
F. W. R. Day

F. W. R. Day

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Serjeant George William Tofery

Serjeant George William Tofery

George William Tofery was born in Bromley, Kent, a son of John and Ellen Maria Tofery. When he enlisted for 7 years, with a further 5 years in the Reserves, on 3 April 1907 in the East Surrey Regi...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial