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Discover the untold stories and hidden sites that helped shape the course of World War Two.

01/11/2026

Attention to detail.
Film prop ID for Group Captain James Martin Stagg played by Andrew Scott in the film Pressure. See this and other props from the film at The D-Day Story, Portsmouth until the end of November.

P.S. They also have some rather good genuine stuff too!

24/10/2026

Today we launched our refreshed website trailer.

23/10/2026

The Hampshire's Hidden D-Day History project website has now been populated with the Survey's and database material collected by the project. Its a fantastic resource which is easy to use and well worth a visit. Whilst the project was primarily concerned with Hampshire the database includes interactive movement data about troops from across the country.
https://hidden-d-day.theddaystory.com/

16/10/2026

I am very pleased to announce that an idea I pitched in 2025 has received funding from The Lloyds Register Foundation for a pilot project.
The D-Day Pioneers to Future Innovators project aims to inspire young people to take up STEM subjects using local stories of D-Day engineering.
Working with the University of Portsmouth’s Centre of Excellence for Heritage Innovation and partners, including the D-Day Story, Red Funnel Ferries, The Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Wightlink Ferries, Keel Marine (Marine Consultancy & Naval Architects) and other supporters, the project will explore the innovation behind Mulberry Harbours and trace the development of landing craft through to the ferries we use today.
Martin Gegg
Britain's D-Day Heritage

The Royal Logistic Corps Museum .teba

09/10/2026

Looks like the deep dive into Mulberry Harbours and Landing Craft is turning into something much bigger! Watch this space for some exciting news.

Image1: 6 June 1944, Landing Ship Tank US 52 and other invasion craft off Gold Beach, Credit: IWM A 23873 Photo: L.A Hampton (Lt)
Image2: 10 Oct 2012, MV Hartland Point, one of the Point Class purpose built Ro-Ro ships currently used by British military forces. Credit: Crown Copyright Photo: LA (PHOT) Joel Rouse

06/10/2026

Just got a copy of the first Steve Titch Cormack book. Looking forward to learning more about another of the lesser known special forces. All I know so far came from Rogue Heroes 😱

There's a sideways link to D-Day as Titch's Grandfather served with 45 Commando on D-Day, a story covered in the brilliant BBC series The Speedshop, sadly no longer available, but maybe available on Prime or to buy on Apple TV.

**Bring back The Speedshop**

04/10/2026

It seems Special Services owe much of their existence to a small group of determined men with an unwavering vision. One was Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott, a skilled navigator and naval officer. He held many operational commands, trained others in navigation, especially pilotage, and was reportedly involved with the Long-Range Desert Group and the little-known Long Range Intelligence Patrol, before founding the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (C.O.P.P.)
Rob Crane’s latest blog examines the Dieppe Raid in the context of Willmott’s calls, dating from 1941, for a dedicated beach reconnaissance, assault pilotage and beach-marking unit. After the tragedy at Dieppe, senior commanders finally turned to him to set up COPP.
The blog is at:
https://www.coppsurvey.uk/latest-news/dieppe-raid-and-copp
If you want to learn more about COPP, Rob’s COPP SURVEY website is the place to go.

Image: COPP Memorial Hayling Island
You can also pay a visit to the memorial via our Virtual Tour 1 on the website.

18/09/2026

Spent so much time chatting about Bikes, COPP, Canoes and 3D imagery that I missed three talks at WW2Pod: We Have Ways fest, but very pleased to learn that they will be released to members in due course. Meanwhile we hope to bring you the results of some of our chats later in the year.
Robert Blackadder COPP SurRobert BlackaddersCOPP Survey

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