British military personnel – Battle of Normandy

British military personnel biographies

Battle of Normandy

British military personnel - Battle of Normandy 1 Army
Name
Rank
Role during the Battle of Normandy
Miles Dempsey General Commander of the 2nd Army
Richard Gale General Commander of the 6th Airborne Division
Bernard Shaw Montgomery Field Marshall Commander in chief of Allied ground forces
Percy Hobart Major General Commander of the 79th Armoured Division
Stanley Hollis CSM Platoon leader, B Company, 6th Battalion, Green Howards
Bill Millin Private 1st S.S.B. bagpipe player on D-Day
British military personnel - Battle of Normandy 1 Air forces
Name
Rank
Role during the Battle of Normandy
Arthur Coningham Air Marshal Commander of the 2nd Tactical Air Force
Arthur T. Harris Air Marshal Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Trafford Leigh-Mallory Air Marshal Commander in chief of Allied air forces
Arthur Tedder Air Chief Marshal Deputy Supreme Commander
British military personnel - Battle of Normandy 1 Naval forces
Name
Rank
Role during the Battle of Normandy
Bertram H. Ramsay Admiral Commander in chief of Allied naval forces
Philip L. Vian Admiral Commander of the Eastern Task Force

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