On the landing craft on D-Day

Hi Bradeley - if you want to  email it to webqueries@mch.govt.nz we can add it for you. Regards, Jamie Mackay

I have an image from what I can make out of boat no.536. My grandad was no.3 commando and special service brigade but its landing at Sword beach not Juno.
Sadly i can't post a picture on the comment thread here.

I am looking for the CO’s of LCI(S) that landed on Juno Beach carrying 48 RM Cdn

The ships were:
525
515
533
513
539
540

The next two ships below were carrying HQ’s 4 SS Brigade, RM and I have the names of these vessel CO’s:

526 - Lt BSB Lingwood
536 - Lt Laidlaw

The Senior Office was LCdr G Timmermans, and I believe he was aboard 525 (but I do not know if he was the CO of this ship

Any assistance would be most appreciated

Hi there,
A visit from relatives from the US has prompted this post. My Grandfather (my relatives father) served on LCI S 503 as coxswain on D Day. His name is Alfred William Edwards. By coincidence I have the same picture (wallet size) that is posted along with 3 other photos of the landing including 2 taken of my Grandfather (we always assumed) at the bridge and another of the Commandos disembarking. I also have a larger side view of the 503 fully loaded and moving at speed. I once emailed the UK Landing Craft Association and got some good information that he was at Sword with 6 Commando. My relatives always thought he was at Gold Beach. Coincidently my own father Eric Reginald Smith was also a coxswain but of an LCT and at Gold Beach. I hope this would be useful.

My father was in the British Royal Navy (Tony Girling) deceased 2010. I found some small very old photographs he had from the second world war of LCI's heading for the 'Beach' as he called it, on or about June 6th 1944. I was amazed to find that I have an original photograph of the D-Day photo you have in your 'Articles' section D-Day On the back of the photo it states - Aboard the 516 on the way to France - and dated 5/6/44. I also have another original photo that I would say is about the same day that states -521 and crew -. I also have two other originals, he wrote on the back - Hell let loose the Beach D-Day 6/6/44- (this might be from the 516 or 521) and another that states on the back - Jerry gun port view from bridge of 516 6/6/44.
My father would tell me how he ended up in the sea a few times that day and how another LCI would haul him and a few mates out of the water.

Hi Danny, Thank you for replying regarding the photo of LCI(s) 521 and photos that you have of LCI(s) 505. My father passed away 2 years ago and I have been trying to get some information of his Landing Craft and Crew which he was extremely proud of the time he spent on board with them. My email address is rmckennie@hotmail.com thank you making contact ,I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you again, Cheers Robert.

Hello, This photo was taken from LCI(s) 521. The CO was Lt H. S. Woodnutt. The troops onboard are from No. 6 Commando. 503 also carried troops from No. 6 Commando. 200 and 201 Flotillas operated together for the landings on the 6th June and the flotillas were mixed. There are some photos of LCI(s) Fairmile ‘H’ in use as houseboats online at the British Military Powerboat Trust Forum. http://www.bmpt.co.uk/ I have a photo of LCI(s) 505 taken on the 5th June on the River Hamble. Not sure if you can contact me via this site but if not you can contact me via PM on the BMPT forum website. Regards Danny

Hi, My Father Gordon McKennie was the Signalman on LCI(S) 505 his Commanding Offier was Lt Chris Berg. They were in Flotilla 200 and part of the first wave to land Commandos on Sword Beach Queen Red. The LCI (S) 503 was part of the same Flotilla. Is it possible to get a copy of this photo there is a very good chance it was taken from 505 and if there are any other photos of the LCI(S) available could you please let me know. Thank you, Cheers Robert McKennie.

Hi Tony You best bet would be to contact the Royal NZ Navy Museum who own the original of this image. Hope this helps Jamie Mackay

I'm interested in a picture on your web site (How to cite this page: 'On the landing craft on D-Day', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/on-the-landing-craft-d-day, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 23-May-2007). It appears to show Landing Craft Infantry (Small) with a ship no. 503 visible at the back of the boat. If so, this might have been part of 201 Flotilla, of which my father-in-law was a coxswain of one of the craft. Can you give me any more details on precisely where this photograph was taken (e.g. ship no.) and by whom? Many thanks.