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)

Write your dedication

Norman Bates

His daughter
30/05/2024

Served with 2nd Batt Royal Warks. Landed at Gold beach at 9am on d-day. Spent his 20th birthday in a hedge in the bocage. Seriously wounded at Nijmegen. Died aged 96 in 2021. My hero, my dad xxx

Norman Bates