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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...
Lance Corporal Arthur Armes served with the 12th (Airborne) Battalion The Devonshire Regiment and took part in the D-Day landings to Normandy on 5-6 June 1944.L/Cpl Armes died on 17 August 1944, aged 18 years old. He is now buried at Ranville War Cemetery, Normandy.
Headstone image supplied by Bob Hilton.