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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To my dad bill whiting and his best friend Ron smith. Royal engineers , gold beach

Bill whiting daughter
01/06/2024

So very very proud of my dad and Ron ( royal engineers ) The stories I’ve heard from that day how luckily they were to get over the beach and fought their way through France They always said they were not heros just done the job they were asked to do The mates that they left behind was the hero’s I’ve been to Normandy to see the graves of all the young men that gave their lives for freedom One word Thank you

To my dad bill whiting and his best friend Ron smith. Royal engineers , gold beach
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