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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Horace ( Harry / Shiner ) Wright

05/06/2024

Dad served on Monitor class HMS Roberts from May 1943 and his ship took part in D Day , bombarding German positions supporting British troops on Sword Beach. Luckily two torpedos went underneath the ships stern on the morning of the 6th June due to it shallow draft. We are so grateful and proud of the bravery shown by those who returned to us and more especially , those who did not .

Horace ( Harry / Shiner ) Wright
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