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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Douglas Haig Barlow

Diane & Steve Martin, Daughter & Son-in-Law
17/05/2024

Always in our hearts our wonderful Dad & Grandad, Petty Officer, Douglas Haig Barlow served on the destroyer HMS Shikari, D85, first ship into Dunkirk & last ship out. Picked up 380 troops. Very proud of you, loved & thought of everyday xx

Douglas Haig Barlow