Personal accounts from the beaches that changed the world
For those who walked these shores, and those who remember
Sergeant Major Pat Porteous of No. 4 Commando described a "small, scrappy French boy" who emerged from the seawall at Sword Beach, carrying a rifle nearly as tall as himself. The boy, whose name was r...
Sergeant Major Pat Porteous of No. 4 Commando described a "small, scrappy French boy" who emerged from the seawall at Sword Beach, carrying a rifle nearly as tall as himself. The boy, whose name was r...
Major John "Jack" Churchill, "Mad Jack," was famous for carrying a longbow, bagpipes, and a Scottish broadsword into battle. On D-Day, he was attached to the Commandos at Sword Beach. After landing un...