The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in Operation Overlord during WW2. The 'D' in D-Day doesn't stand for anything as it was used as a substitute for the actual date of the event.
Long-planned and long-wished for, D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in world history and marked the beginning of the collapse of the German forces.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Normandy Landings / D-Day
An information board in the garden tells us about a memorial but we can't fin...
{On the left side:} This is the site of the north east corner of "A" block, C...
{On the left side:} This is the site of the north west corner of “A” block, C...
{On the left side:} This is the site of the south east corner of “A” block, C...
{On the left side:} This is the site of the south west corner of “A” block, C...
FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan. Commander in the Crimean War 1853 - 56. It is generally thought to have been his overall incompetence that led to the disaster of the Charge of the Light Brigade...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
From Gloucestershire, a distant relation of Oliver Cromwell. Supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. He was a General at Sea, major-general. One of the Commissioners for Charles...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
