D-Day+ 1944

D-Day: 81st Field Regiment Royal Artillery

My father ,Major David Gilbertson, landed in France on probably,June 7 1944. He was in the 53rd Welsh...

My Father The Navigator

My story is about my father Brian Fisher, he was a serving naval officer at the beginning of the war, he...

A Horrible Thing to Have to Do

My Grandad, Roderick McIntosh, arrived at the coast of Normandy 4 hours after the first landings... His...

"Absolutely revolting"

These soups were made by Heinz and they had a tube down the middle that you lit and you also put some...

Boards for D-day

My father, Harry NORTHOVER, was employed by the War Office in early 1944 to make white-painted, wooden...

Printing D-Day Maps

A few months later our manager came round and told us the maps had been used for the RAF Navigators as part...

Normandy Landings: With the Royal Engineers

My husband landed at the beaches at Aramanch....

The Second the Ramp Dropped: With the Manchester Regiment on Gold Beach

The man infront of me, Jhon Applegrove had been shot along with David Jackson, another of my close...

Cycling Ashore - Landings in Normandy 27th June 1944

I was leading A Company of the 6th North Staffords on to Juno beach... On leaving the beach area we then...

In the Infantry: Gold Beach, Normandy

In the Infantry: Gold Beach, Normandy...

Saved by Shingles: Dad and the Mulberry Harbour

Although he was passed A1 for military service he was seconded for 'essential war work'. This work...

My D-Day: With 82 Assault Squadron Royal Engineers on Gold Beach

My name is Ken chapman, I landed D-day June 6th 1944 at 7.10am on Gold Beach. "ex - sapper" of 82...

THE DAY OF THE INVASION

IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE INVASION AND THE MEN HAD COME OFF THE BEACHES AND THEY WERE HEADING INLAND TO...

Feeding The Troops

During June, two to three days prior to D-Day, whist still at school I went to help my mother at the...

My D-Day Memories: A Coy, No 2 War Office Signals

I was a member of A coy no 2 War Office Signals.The men of our unit were already taking part in the...

Did you serve with my Dad?

My father was in one of the decoy corvettes, at Omaha beach... He was in the bowels of the ship, steering,...

Liberators from Debach

The first mission for the Liberators at the new air base at Debach near Ipswich was on D-Day. Thirty six...

D-Day Prep: A Cook Deckhand in Portsmouth

FOR THE MONTH BEFORE D-DAY NY FATHER SWOPPED HIS GLOUCESTERSHIRE VILLAGE PARISH TO BECOME A COOK DECKHAND...

Birthday Story

However he did serve in World War Two and landed on Sword Beach on D-Day plus 1 ... My short story about...

Stalemate!

Mr Swindells landed on the Normandy beaches a few weeks after D Day... Eventually the company was able to...

My Great Grandad

He was killed in the D Day landings in 1944, buried in the Bayeax Cemetery, France. He is one of the...

D-Day Plus 1

John who was a wireless operator for the Royal Signals landed on Juno beach with the Canadians and part of...

D-Day Memory, East Barnet, Herts

I woke up on a grey, drizzly morning and was just getting out of bed when my father -- who had already...

Farm Evacuation

When the farmer's eldest son John visited and excitedly asked “had we heard the news”?.....

Searching for D-Day Veterans to Tell Their Stories

We're looking for ramblers with stories to tell for our 60th anniversary article in Walk magazine. If...

Easy Trip to Normandy: With 1st Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery

My father Samuel Scorer, serving in the 1st Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery manning anti aircraft guns...