"Ruddy awful!” he laughs. Jo Makel/BBC Mr Arthur, 100, was part of the 6th Airborne Division on D-Day Troops from the UK, the US, Canada and France attacked German forces on the coast of ...
The Overlord plan called for the use of airborne troops to secure the ... Division to advance from Sword Beach to seize Caen 6th Airborne Division was given this task It was later to be joined ...
which is held every year to mark the bravery and sacrifice of those who served in the 6th airborne division. Among the attendees were senior military officers, French dignitaries and 60 World War ...