Where did the DLI land on D-Day?
On D-Day – 6 June 1944 – the 6th, 8th and 9th Battalions DLI, as part of the 50th Division, landed on Gold Beach in Normandy. Later that month the 10th and 11th Battalions DLI joined the fighting in Normandy. The 50th Division took part in the advance across France and into Belgium, where in September 1944, the three Durham battalions fought their last major battle at Gheel.
