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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Clifford Basil Samuel Anthony

26/05/2024

Cliff on reaching 16 joined the Navy, probably before he should have done. He served on ships going to Iceland in convoy. Torpedoed 3 times he concluded it was dangerous, so when they asked for volunteers he did. Joining a new group which wore army uniforms and naval hats and insignia. They took him to Scotland and tried to drown him. On 12 May he reached his 18th birthday. On D Day he landed on Sword beach as a radio operator calling in/ directing bombardment from the ships in the bay.

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