Winston Churchill’s D-Day carriage returns to rails after 50 years

Winston Churchill’s D-Day carriage returns to rails after 50 years

Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s state funeral in 1965. A historic railway carriage with extraordinary ties to Sir Winston Churchill and General Dwight D Eisenhower is returning to the rails after more than five decades. Pullman Car No 246 ‘Lydia’ was used during crucial wartime strategy meetings ahead of D-Day and later during Churchill’s state funeral in 19…

D-Day Commemoration Service - Harwell Campus

Back D-Day Commemoration Service 7th June 2025, 5:30 – 6:30 pm Share Tweet Campus life This year’s annual D-Day Commemoration service will be held on Saturday 7th June at the Harwell Memorial Stone located on the campus (OX11 0PW – W3W ///bitter.path.runways) The service starts at 17:30, with the car park open from 16:30. All are welcome to attend. Those wishing to participate in a more formal manner –…

D-Day walks to commemorate American wartime bravery - Lincolnshire Today

D-Day commemorations will include walks sharing how American Pathfinder troops flew from an airfield near Grantham to spearhead the Allied invasion of Europe. The walks at RAF North Witham, now Forestry England-owned Twyford Wood near Colsterworth, are part of South Kesteven District Council’s Soldiers from the Sky project. The project illustrates the untold stories of Allied paratroopers from Britain, America and Poland who gathered in the dist…