The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, near Thiepval, in the Somme department of France, commemorates by name over 72,000 British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme and have no known grave.

6 men from the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, were awarded the Victoria Cross following the Gallipoli Landings on 25th April 1915.

The story of CSM Stanley Hollis of the Green Howards, recipient of the only Victoria Cross awarded for actions on D-Day - 6th June 1944.

In the early hours of 6th June 1944, the 9th Parachute Battalion was tasked with neutralising the Merville Gun Battery in Normandy.