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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Arthur Rouse RN

Robert Anthony Yewdall BA
18/05/2024

Arthur Rouse RN , 1902 to 1988, a Royal Marine commando, was able to shoot down a German plane on D-day using his oerlikon gun. His story can be found in The Lineage of Robert Anthony Yewdall, a copy of which is in the British Library. He is buried in Axminster Cemetary.
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