D-Day 80 Memorial

This is a special place for you to share memories and photos of your loved ones who were involved in D-Day - and the wider war effort.

“…the spirit of the people, resolute, dedicated, burned like a bright flame, lit surely from those unseen fires which nothing can quench.”  King George VI, 6 June 1944 (D-Day)

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CPO Stuart “Jan” LOCK DSM BEM Fleet Air Arm

His Widow. Rita Lock MBE
11/05/2024

JAN Served from1937 right through WW11 until 1968 as a Telegraphist Air Gunner during hostilities. He designed the very first pickup strop for the Navies search and rescue helicopters He was a dedicated Royal Navy man and an active Member or the Royal Naval Association.