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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Walter George Ward

Stephen Ward
23/05/2024

My father served in the Royal Navy on various ships, and he was part of the crew of a landing craft on D Day, who landed on Gold beach. I am immensely proud of dad, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for helping to save comrades under heavy enemy fire.

Walter George Ward
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