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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Charles lockhart

24/05/2024

Sapper Charles lockhart, known as Charlie, was from Darlington. He was killed on 6th June, the first day of the Normandy landings. He was 25 years old. He left parents, two sisters and three brothers, one of whom was Kenneth who was my dad. We have never forgotten him.
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