D-Day remembered in Pagham

A short private service has been held at the D-Day memorial in Pagham.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th May 2009, 10:40 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 17:48 BST

The occasion took place to mark the 65th anniversary of the landings which began to free Europe from the Nazis.

The service was held at the memorial stone on Pagham Beach during a low tide in sight of one of the Mulberry Harbour structures which was left behind during the invasion of Normandy.

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It was on May 1, 1944, the Mulberry Harbour phoenixes arrived off Pagham in the build-up to the Allied crossing of the English Channel.

Fifty of the 6,000-ton floating concrete structures were sunk to hide them from enemy aircraft.

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