British Normandy Memorial
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Somewhere there is an official summary of service....
Here - along with summaries for other RN ships
She was among the Home Fleet ships lent for the landings in Normandy, Operation “Neptune”, on 6 June 1944, when she flew the flag of Rear-Admiral F H G Dalrymple-Hamilton, Commanding the 10th Cruiser Squadron. Allocated to bombardment Force ‘E’, in support of the Eastern Task Force under Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Vian, she took part in several shoots until 8 July.
If I remember correctly she fired so many rounds that her barrels were worn out.
Here - along with summaries for other RN ships
She was among the Home Fleet ships lent for the landings in Normandy, Operation “Neptune”, on 6 June 1944, when she flew the flag of Rear-Admiral F H G Dalrymple-Hamilton, Commanding the 10th Cruiser Squadron. Allocated to bombardment Force ‘E’, in support of the Eastern Task Force under Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Vian, she took part in several shoots until 8 July.
If I remember correctly she fired so many rounds that her barrels were worn out.
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Many thanks again.
Sadly my Grandfather died when I was at primary school, but the family has various momentos of his wartime service and things like photographs of Belfast covered in ice - a major danger to ship stability. My late Uncle, an RAF Flight Engineer in Lancasters and later Sunderlands, passed on many of his wartime tales second hand.
Truly a remarkable generation.
Sadly my Grandfather died when I was at primary school, but the family has various momentos of his wartime service and things like photographs of Belfast covered in ice - a major danger to ship stability. My late Uncle, an RAF Flight Engineer in Lancasters and later Sunderlands, passed on many of his wartime tales second hand.
Truly a remarkable generation.
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War Graves guardians take over new £30 million Normandy memorial - RN website
The impressive new memorial to Britons killed liberating Normandy in 1944 will be cared for by the guardians of the nation’s war dead.
From October, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission takes over maintenance of the British Normandy Memorial, which was dedicated in June.
The monument at Ver-sur-Mer, overlooking what was codenamed Gold Beach in 1944, has been created over the past five years as the sole site of memory honouring all 22,442 men and women under British command lost in the Battle for Normandy between June 6 and late August.
The impressive new memorial to Britons killed liberating Normandy in 1944 will be cared for by the guardians of the nation’s war dead.
From October, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission takes over maintenance of the British Normandy Memorial, which was dedicated in June.
The monument at Ver-sur-Mer, overlooking what was codenamed Gold Beach in 1944, has been created over the past five years as the sole site of memory honouring all 22,442 men and women under British command lost in the Battle for Normandy between June 6 and late August.
I'd i can just chip in with a suggestion for those who can when in the area to visit the D Day Museum in Southsea Portsmouth. It shows the planning and recollections, from both sides, of the events on June 6
