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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Able Seaman Samuel McGookin

The Weatherill Family
24/05/2024

My grandfather landed in the early hours on Juno Beach 6th June. He was a gunner aboard LST 419 were he assisted in the invasion forces landing the Canadians on Juno. When receiving his Legion D’honneur medal he spoke of ‘Sheer Bloody Murder’ on that first wave. We as a family are very thankful he and other young men of his generation fought to free us from the evil that engulfed the world and to help us live free.

Able Seaman Samuel McGookin
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