D-Day 80 Memorial

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“…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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William John Millardd

Nephew
17/05/2024

Jack landed on Sword Beach 9.55 with the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He had aready served with the BEF and left Dunkirk on the 30/5/40. They fought to Pegasus Bridge leaving D company there. Fighting though Hermanville to attack Liebsey. This attack was repelled as the German Panzer Grendiers had arrived to defend the woods. It was another month before it was taken. Jack was lost 20/7/44 at Emieville. He charged a machine gun on his own with a Bren gun. He rests in Rainville.

William John Millardd
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