Memorial to Lieutenant Den Brotheridge at Memorial Pegasus Benouville Normandy France


Lieutentant HD Brotheridge was the first British Soldier to be killed on D Day shot in the neck as he lead his men across the Pegasus Bridge (depicted) having landed very close by in a Horsa glider only moments before


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