Commando March - D-Day
20th century
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12m
The Commando March from Sword Beach to Amfreville via Pegasus Bridge! The route retraced the steps of the original Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade who landed at Sword Beach as part of 3rd Division on D-Day. One of the tasks that day was for the 1st Special Service Brigade to relieve the men of the D Company, 2nd Battalion the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who had captured Pegasus and Horsa Bridges in a Coup de Main operation in the opening minutes of the 6th June 1944. Living History events take place all over Normandy to commemorate the 6th June 1944 and the Commando March is just one of those. It was an incredible experience to wear the correct uniform and equipment and to walk the ground those men did 80 years on D-Day.
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