One of my memories of WW2 was the D Day Landings. As a member of the Royal ... before being sent to Southampton to join a new ship. All too quickly orders came for me to board a ship in Cowes ...

Plans to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings have been announced by a city council. A service and parade will take place in Southampton on 6 June - exactly 80 years on from the ...

A Lancaster bomber is set to fly over Southampton as the city marks 80 years since the D-Day landings ... including 55,573 who died during World War II. The flypast comes as a host of events ...

I was loading up just before D-Day, the landing crafts at Southampton, were rocket launching craft — there were 960 rockets in fixed racks for each landing craft. They weighed 100wt each.

"Southampton played a key role in World War II, from building the Spitfire to supporting the D-Day landings. "These anniversaries enable us to remember our city’s resilience, honour those who ...

"Southampton played an integral part in World War II and our city is recognised globally for building the Spitfire and supporting the D-Day landings." ...

He served three years with the Navy in World War II as part of the Seabees. He now resides in Southampton, one of few remaining veterans of that era in that area.