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...
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
William James Creswick was born on 26 August 1881 in Southwark, Surrey (now Greater London), the eldest of the nine children of William Creswick (1859-1904) and Ada Creswick née Camm (1861-1946). T...
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