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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Alan King

From his children, Christine, Joyce and Ray.
06/06/2024

Alan was a tank radio operator with the East Riding Yeomanry. He went ashore on Sword Beach just after 7am on 6th June 1944. His landing craft plowed through the broken remains of soldiers whose landing craft was blown apart by German fire. These memories and more haunted him for the rest of his life.

Alan King
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