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This we especially remember & honour the men of the 6th, 8th & 9th Battalions Durham Light Infantry who landed on Gold Beach in Normandy 75 years ago as part of the landings.

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2019-11-10

A General Service medal awarded to a hero casualty of the D-Day landings secured the top lot at recent sale - read more here https://t.co/tlyXd0RGs5

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2019-06-08

so long ago, thank you Karel De Troyer -right above in the corner and thanks to his fellow soldiers and all of them victims and veterans -

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2019-06-07

Amazing courage and sacrifice. Remembering all the men and women, thank you.

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2019-06-07

Honouring Pearl Witherington, SOE agent parachuted into France in 1943. She led a network of 1,500 Maquis fighters who took on the German army during the D-Day landings and presided over the surrender of 18,000 troops

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2019-06-07

One of the American soldiers who camped near Llandeilo before leaving for Normandy on

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2019-06-07

"Men, dodging under the surrealistic designs of Hitler’s anti-invasion brain trust"- on here's how Robert Capa recalled the Normandy landings https://t.co/MvsolCy5Ec

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2019-06-06

A l'ocassion des 75eme anniversaire du petit dessin :)

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2019-06-06

Seventy-five years ago today, LCT 629 was off-loading Canadian tanks at Sword Beach. My grandfather, PO Adam Agnew (front, second from right) was her engineer. He never spoke of what he did, but as a family we honour him for it.

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2019-06-06