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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Robert McTaggart

His 3 daughters, his son, and his 11 grandchildren, and his Great Grandchildren.
05/06/2024

Our Dad was born in Belfast in 1919, and joined the Navy aged just 15, his widowed Mirger having to sign to allow him to join, he trained at HMS Ganges. His first ship was HMS Nelson, and he served on the Indominable and the Manchester, but his love was HMS Belfast. He was on the Artic Convoys on the Belfast when they were called to Scapa Flow, where they trained for the Normandy invasion. He was Petty Officer at this time. He was proud to have fired the first shots on DDay from the Belfast.

Robert McTaggart
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