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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...
Private John Nathaniel Armitage, husband to Irene Armitage of Hyde, Cheshire, served with the 13th (Lancs) Parachute Battalion (formerly 2/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment) in Normandy.Private Armitage died on 7 July 1944. He is now buried at Ranville Cemetery, Normandy.
Cemetery photograph reproduced by kind permission of CWGC