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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Kenneth Lutman

All his family in England and Canada
20/05/2024

At the time of D-Day Ken was a 19 year-old Ordinary Seaman on the Captain Class frigate HMS Lawford. Landing Canadian soldiers on Juno beach. Picking up th wounded and transferring them to hospital ships. On 8th June 1944 the HMS Lawford was sunk by the Germans off Juno beach. Many seaman were killed, but Ken was lucky to survive. After this Ken spent the rest of the war serving on the Russian Convoys. His survival meant he had a Wife, 5 Children, Grandchildren, Great + Great Great Grandchildren

Kenneth Lutman
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