Tribute to the D-Day heroes (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Tribute to the D-Day heroes

A MEMORIAL honouring men and women who took part in D-Day and the Arnhem landings has been unveiled at the site of the old Blakehill Farm airfield near Cricklade.

War veterans attended a special dedication service to mark the occasion at Braydon Lane, Chelworth, yesterday.

The RAF's 233 Squadron, volunteer WAAF air ambulance nurses and Transport Command were based there in the run up to the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.

The Glider Pilot Regiment left from Blakehill for the invasion and the Arnhem landings in September that year.

Frank Newhouse, 79, from Wootton Bassett, was pleased with the cairn. He said: "This brings back memories. It pays tribute to the sacrifices people made."