Normandy Collection

D-DAY MAP 1944
Plan 1C - Operation Neptune, an elaborate map detailing the proposed D-Day Normandy assault landings by Allied troops on the French beaches. Date: June 1944

D-Day - British and Canadian troops landing - Juno Beach
British and Canadian 3rd Division troops land at Juno Beach. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an

D-Day - Landing in France - Omaha Beach
American assault troops prepare to disembark their landing craft as it approaches the beach head, Omaha Beach. The smoke visible in the background attests to the massive naval artillery assault

D-Day - Supplies pour ashore
A stunning panorama photograph of a French invasion beach with the channel waters thick with US military shipping, as reinforcements

The Normandy Landings - 6th June 1944 - WW2. Note the American soldier in the landing craft holding a metal detector to sweep for landmines. Date: 1944

Normandy Invasion 1944
A depiction by C.E.Turner of a scene during the early morning of 6th June 1944 as British forces make an amphibious landing on one of the Normandy beaches during D-Day

Cider Press - Normandy. Two different varieties of press at work - a screw press and a cranked masher

Britains frogmen divers by G. H. Davis
Introducing Britains frog-men: diving wreckers who blasted open a path to the Normandy beaches. These underwater commandos worked off the D-Day beaches

Fte Day in a Cider Orchard, Normandy (1878). Hennessy, William John 1839-1917. Date: 1878

Tank Battle in Villers Bocage, France 1944
Illustration showing a battle between German Tiger tanks and British tanks and infantry in the village of Villers Bocage, Normandy, June 1944

D-Day - Glider reinforcement team
A team of paratroopers amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast

Americans Land D-Day
American troops under enemy fire wading through the sea to land on the beaches of Normandy, France

Bayeux Tapestry (1 of 8)
A black and white depiction of the Bayeux Tapestry. In this section, Harold Godwinson meets with King Edward the Confessor and sails to France

D-Day - Bomber giving air support to infantry invasion
A B-26 Martin Marauder of the 9th Airforce over the Normandy coast, giving air support to the landing craft on the beaches below

German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground)

American Troops heading for Normandy on D-Day; Second Worl
American infanrymen in a landing craft heading towards the shore of Normandy on the morning of D-Day, 6 June 1944

American Troops landing on D-Day; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing American troops storming one of the Normandy beaches on D-Day, 6 June 1944. This image shows the first tanks charging through the water to the shore

William I the Conqueror
WILLIAM I THE CONQUEROR Defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to claim the English throne

Battle of Hastings
BATTLE OF HASTINGS The battle rages between the armies of Harold and William, Duke of Normandy

Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World W
Illustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944

Americans Omaha Beach
American troops landing on Omaha beach, Normandy, France, as part of the Allied D-Day landings

Calvados Distilling
A local yokel sits beside Calvados distillation equipment on a Normandy farm

D-Day - Assault of American troops
US Assault troops wading ashore. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an amphibious assault by

Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and General Montgomery, Franc
Photograph showing Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979), then Commander-in-Chief of the South-East Asia Command, talking with General Montgomery (1887-1976) in Normandy, France, 1944

Normandy Duke Rollo
ROLLO, DUKE OF NORMANDY Norse invader of France who, preferring the climate to that of the North, establishes himself in France

Major Metcalfe, Mrs F. Cripps, and Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, (16 January 1887 18 November 1957), known as Fruity Metcalfe, officer in the British Indian Army, a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII

William of Normandy lands on the English coast
William of Normandy and his invasion force land at Pevensey Bay, Sussex Date: 28 September 1066

Hermanville War Cemetery France
Two small children walk hand in hand past the gravestones of Hermanville War Cemetery, Normandy, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

American Paratrooper near St. Mere Eglise; Second World War
Photograph showing an American paratrooper taking a brief rest on the roadside at St. Mere Eglise, Normandy. This town was captured by airborne American troops soon after they landed on D-Day

Cider pressing
Tower to crush the apples and old cider press in Normandy in northern France. Date: circa 1870s

Bayeux, Normandy, France - 14th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) on La Rue des Cuisiniers. Date: circa 1910s

Hawker Typhoon Ib with Spitfire IXb passing in Normandy

Mascaret (tidal bore) of the Seine, Normandy, France
People watching the mascaret (tidal bore) of the River Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, France, which resulted from large spring tides, and caused the loss of many ships

Bayeux Tapestry - Norman Conquest of 1066
Harold, despite his oath of fealty to William duke of Normandy, is crowned king of England at Westminster Date: 1066

Quimperle, River Elle - black & white view of river with people working on the bank Date: circa 1890s

Louis XVII (1785-1795). King of France from 1793-1795
Louis XVII (1785-1795). Son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette. King of France from 1793-1795. Colored engraving

John 1st Duke Somerset
John Beaufort (1403 - 1444), captain general in Aquitaine and Normandy, first duke of SOMERSET, created by Henry IV in 1442; he was Henry VIIs grandfather

Pont de L Arche, Normandy, France - Old House on Place Hyacinte Langlois - named after Eustace-Hyacinte Langlois (1777 - 1837) eminent local archaeologist, playwright and artist

Deauville, France - La Rue Gontaut-Biron
Deauville, France on the Cote Fleurie (Flowers Coast) - La Rue Gontaut-Biron Date: circa 1905

Unloading Supplies in Normandy; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the unloading of supplies onto one of the Normandy beaches, shortly after the Allied invasion on D-Day, 6th June 1944

Allied Troops landing in Normandy; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing Allied troops and armour moving up one of the Normandy beaches, shortly after D-Day, 6th June 1944. At the top of the image a barrage balloon can be seen

Trouville / Beach 1933
Trouville, Normandy: view of the beach

Events / Britain / Norman
King Edward the Confessor sends Harold, earl of Wessex, to confirm to William, duke of Normandy, that he will succeed him on the English throne

Christmas 1914 Football Match Statues, Messines - Mesen
This life sized statue of a German and a British soldier shaking hands over a football, was sculpted by Andy Edwards and was unveiled on 22 December 2015

Cosys Bunker Juno Beach Normandy
This was the scene of heavy fighting on 6 June and is named after Lt William F ( Cosy ) Aitken of B Company Royal Winnipeg Rifles whose number 10 platoon took it by hurling grenades through

46 Royal Marines Commando Memorial Rots Normandy
Unusually this black marble memorial list the ages of the fallen. It commemorates the fighting in Rots and le Hamel of 11 June 1944

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