Memories of D-Day

A church service on board a US landing craft, 4 June 1944 (US Navy)

The D-Day Museum has large archive of material relating to many aspects of D-Day. This includes original documents, veterans’ memoirs, and sound recordings of the reminiscences of veterans and other witnesses to D-Day and Operation Overlord.

Please click on the links below to read more:
Preparing for D-Day
Crossing the Channel
The Air Forces and Airborne Troops
Naval Memories

Piper Bill Millin entertains Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, Warsash, 5 June 1944 (IWM H 39039)

The Beaches
Utah Beach
Omaha Beach
Gold Beach
Juno Beach
Sword Beach
Inland from the Beaches

British civilians witness D-Day

Add your memories
Would you like to send your written memories of
D-Day to the D-Day Museum?
Please contact Andrew Whitmarsh, Military History Officer, at andrew.whitmarsh@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or complete our online form Add your own memories>

We have tried to contact the authors of all the material used here. If you are the author of material used here, or a relative, and we have not been able to contact you about this, please contact Andrew Whitmarsh, Military History Officer, Portsmouth Museums & Records Service. Email: andrew.whitmarsh@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
City Museum and Records Office, Museum Road, Portsmouth PO1 2LJ, UK.
Tel: 023 9282 7261. Fax: 023 9287 5276

British troops wait for the order to leave for D-Day (The News, Portsmouth - 2891)

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All accounts used have been edited for purposes of brevity and clarity.

Photographs courtesy of the D-Day Museum, the Imperial War Museum, US Navy/US Coast Guard, and The News, Portsmouth. Images may not be copied without permission.