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Gold Beach veteran Joe Cattini casts his mind back 75 years to recall his experience of the D-Day Landings on 6th June 1944. During the RHS Chelsea Flower Show…
We are delighted to confirm the ‘D-Day 75 Garden‘ will go on to have a legacy after its debut at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May! As the Show…
After three years of hard graft, MASB 27 is in the final stages of restoration! All being well, she’ll be sea-worthy and ready to mark the 75th anniversary of the…
Following the 3D scanning late last year, award winning garden designer John Everiss and renowned sculptor Thompson Dagnall have begun work to create the sculptures for the D-Day 75 Garden……
In December 2018 multi award-winning garden designer, John Everiss, gathered volunteers together in Bromsgrove to don the uniforms of D-Day soldiers and adopt various static positions ready to be 3D-scanned…
We’re pleased to share this video of our friend, Royal Artillery veteran Joe Cattini, paying tribute to his best mate Bill Pendell, who we sadly lost in December. Joe reflects…
This year we thought it would be fun to ask a handful of our Normandy veteran friends if they had an enduring memory of Christmas during WWII. Three came forward…
We’re thrilled that so many of our Normandy veteran friends are already showing a keen interest in attending the RHS Chelsea Flower Show next May to see the ‘D-Day 75’…
On the afternoon 15th November Royal Navy Normandy veterans, John Dennett and Richard Llewellyn, attended Sandycroft County Primary School’s year 5 and 6 production of “Edith’s Wartime Scrapbook” as special…
On the 28th of September Normandy Veterans Bill Pendell & Joe Cattini were invited by our friends at the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (PNBPT) to take a spin across…
