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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Lt Harold Richard Smith

Granddaughter Andrea Skelton
06/06/2024

My Grandfather served with RNVR (previous Merchant Navy) as an Engineer on a Corvette in the North Atlantic Convoys in WWll. I have been unable to track down his war record so have no knowledge of the ships he was on. He never spoke of the war or what they went through. I only remember his saying about the sound of the torpedos when in the belly of the ship and waiting for the hit. He survived the war when others didn't. He didn't get the recognition he deserved.

Lt Harold Richard Smith
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