File:Landing on Queen Red Beach, Sword Area.jpg

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IWM caption : OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944. The British 2nd Army: Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade landing from an LCI(S) (Landing Craft Infantry Small) on 'Queen Red' Beach, SWORD Area, at la Breche, at approximately 8.40 am, 6 June. The brigade commander, Brigadier the Lord Lovat DSO MC, can be seen striding through the water to the right of the column of men. The figure nearest the camera is the brigade's bagpiper, Piper Bill Millin.

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6 June 1944

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This photograph B 5103 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-29)

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Evans, J L (Capt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

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