TributeLegacy
Create a tribute page
Back to map All in WW2 Northern Europe

WAR MEMORIALwar memorial · WW2 Northern Europe

Pegasus Bridge

d. 1944

Click to remember them. Lest we forget.

Photograph at the Pegasus Bridge war memorial

The Longest Day stands as a significant 1962 film portrayal of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. Based on Cornelius Ryan's book, the production brought together a vast international cast, with many actors drawing upon their own wartime experiences. Richard Todd, noted for his involvement in the Pegasus Bridge assault, was among those who had served. The film also benefited from the insights of many individuals who had participated in the actual events of D-Day, serving as consultants whose actions were dramatised on screen.

Original summary by TributeLegacy, informed by public sources.

Second World War

Photographs

Photograph of Pegasus BridgePhotograph of Pegasus BridgePhotograph of Pegasus BridgePhotograph of Pegasus Bridge

Images via Wikimedia Commons - click to view licensing & full resolution.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

Nearby locations in WW2 Northern Europe

Browse all memorials in WW2 Northern Europe

Data sources

Location records are drawn from open, licence-clean datasets, kept here with attribution and gratitude to the people who maintain them.

  • Open Plaques, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). See openplaques.org.
  • Wikidata, available under the CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) - never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

Editorial descriptions, photography and tribute links are original TributeLegacy work, layered on top of the open data.

Directions to here