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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Eric Sanderson

The Sanderson family, he was our dad’s brother
04/06/2024

Died on gold beach aged 21 , 1944 as part of the D - Day landing. Part of the East Yorkshire Regiment and brother to Joseph Sanderson , also veteran of the Second World War.