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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L Cpl "Tom" Elwyn Mason, HQ platoon, 89coy, RASC

Rhydian and Dai Mason (Grandson and Son)
17/05/2024

A young farmer's lad from mid Wales, sent to war in 1939. 2 beaches that changed his life - Dunkirk May 1940, and Juno beach June 1944. L/Cpl Mason, 89coy, HQ platoon, RASC, under Captain Walker and Major Reeves. Not a day goes by I don't think of him. Fy annwyl Dadcu, fy arwr, fy ffrind. (My dearest Grandfather, my hero, my friend). xxx

L Cpl "Tom" Elwyn Mason, HQ platoon, 89coy, RASC
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