Event    From 1944  To 1944

Operation Overlord

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Belgium, France, Netherlands, USA

The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North West Europe including the Normandy D-Day landings.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Operation Overlord

Commemorated ati

D-Day Tree

These 4 plaques, each about 7" (we didn't actually measure them) are laid int...

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Dwight D Eisenhower

The United States of America recognizes the selfless service and manifold con...

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Operation Torch & Operation Overlord

Norfolk House In this building, 24 June 1942 - 8 November 1942, general of t...

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Other Subjects

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Edward Frederic Shaw, MC

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Edward Frederic Shaw, MC

Robert Edward Frederic Shaw was born on 29 August 1891, the second of the five children of Robert Villiers George Shaw (1864-1946) and Agnes Marion Shaw née Guy (1862-1955). His birth was registere...

Person, Armed Forces, France, Wales

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Stanhope Collings-Wells, VC

John Stanhope Collings-Wells, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 22-27 March 1918, aged 37, while serving in the Bedfordshire Regiment. "After six days’ continuous fighting, he led the attack, and even when severely wounded he c...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
S. Saunders

S. Saunders

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private Arthur John Pooley

Private Arthur John Pooley

Arthur John Pooley was born in Notting Hill Gate, Middlesex (now Greater London), the only child of John and Mary Anne Pooley. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1894 in the Kensington ...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Chaplin

J. Chaplin

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial