Sherborne’s D-Day hero named on British Normandy Memorial
One Old Shirburnian named on the new British Normandy Memorial overlooking Gold Beach is Lieutenant Theodore Ambrose Wentworth Austin (Lyon 37-41). The British Normandy Memorial was unveiled on 6 June 2021 – the 77th anniversary of Lieutenant Austin’s death during the Normandy Airborne landings on D-Day. The memorial, designed by British architect Liam O’Connor, consists … Read more