Event    From 6/6/1944  To 6/6/1944

Normandy Landings / D-Day

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: France, USA

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.

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Normandy Landings / D-Day

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50th anniversary of D-Day

An information board in the garden tells us about a memorial but we can't fin...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, NE corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the north east corner of "A" block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, NW corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the north west corner of “A” block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, SE corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the south east corner of “A” block, C...

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Camp Griffiss, Block A, SW corner

{On the left side:} This is the site of the south west corner of “A” block, C...

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W. H. Brotherhood

W. H. Brotherhood

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, GCB

Vice-Admiral, Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Kent.  Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, from November 1816 until his death.  His tomb monument is close to the monument for the Old Burial Ground.  

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
W. P. East

W. P. East

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lieutenant Ralph Charles Fairbairn Cotton

Lieutenant Ralph Charles Fairbairn Cotton

Ralph Charles Fairbairn Cotton was born on 16 January 1883 in Sydenham, Kent (now Greater London), one of the three children of Stephen Fairbairn Cotton (c.1857-1929) and Carrie Henrietta Maria Cot...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network

Radio station, aimed at people of South Asian descent. The music and news comes from the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. It has production centres i...

Group, TV & Radio, Indian Sub-continent

2 memorials