Frank Millward

Sergeant Frank Millward embarked from Southampton on 6 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings on Gold Beach. The Hampshire Regiment suffered heavy casualties wading ashore under mortar and machine-gun fire. Frank led his section through the beach obstacles and helped capture the village of Le Hamel by mid-morning. He fought through Normandy, the Falaise Gap, Belgium, and into Germany, surviving to see VE Day. He returned to Southampton where he worked in the merchant shipping offices for 40 years.