Entitled D-Day and the DLI – 6 June 1944, the exhibition is in the Durham Room at County Hall until Friday, 13th June.
Documents revealing the secrets behind D-Day and the role of the Durham Light Infantry in the historic event are on display in Durham.
Durham County Record Office has put together a small exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
Visitors can see the secret orders issued to the 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in the week before D-Day and the aerial photographs used to identify the landing area on Gold Beach.
Also on display are the top secret passwords which changed every hour and accounts of the day’s events from some of the men who were there.
Opening times are:
- Saturday – 9.00am to 3.00pm
- Monday to Thursday – 9.00am to 5.00pm
- Friday – 9.00am to 4.30pm
More information is available at www.ww1countydurham.blogspot.co.uk
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