Welcome to the Stockport
NVa Legacy website.
Following two busy years commemorating the 80th anniversary of D Day in June 2024 and the 80th anniversaries of VE Day in May 2025 and VJ Day in August 2025, NVA Legacy group expected 2026 to be a quieter year. This is not the case. A generous donation has allowed us to consider how our Legacy group can put in place something special to record the events leading up to the Normandy Landings and its historical significance
When you consider the scale of D Day and the onward fight through Europe it is easy to forget that victory was delivered by ordinary men and women, called upon to undertake an extra-ordinary task, which they carried out with courage and determination. The stories of some of those men and women (members of Stockport Normandy Veterans Association) can be read on this website (alongside the experience of children living during the Second World War).
Stockport Normandy Veterans Legacy is proud to sponsor Project D Day 83.
We are inviting artists to submit a proposal of an artwork that incorporates the values we have inherited from our Normandy veterans. The successful submission will be permanently placed alongside the Stockport Normandy Veterans’ Memorial plaque displayed at Stockport War Memorial and Art Gallery. We are putting out a call to all artists in the locality, using whatever medium they prefer, to submit a proposal. Interested parties should see further details at:
This site contains personal accounts of World War II veterans and World War II school children from Stockport and the surrounding area.
In December 2022 our last WW2 veteran passed away. He had reached his 100th birthday in October which was his personal goal. He used to say that he never scored 100 runs playing cricket, but he was determined to be 100 years old not out. Well he did that.
He will be missed. Our last Veteran – the last man standing – has now stood down. Rest in Peace all our Stockport Normandy Veterans.
With the loss of our last veteran, it has been time to discuss the future of the group. Over recent years our veteran members were keen to promote Remembrance and Education. As a group we are blessed with active WW2 schoolchildren (their stories are on the Home Front section of the website) who are accompanied into schools by the children of NVA members who are able to tell first hand stories and show artefacts of their parents. This is how we continue to fulfil the wishes of our departed members and keep our links with the NVA. We now operate as Stockport NVA Legacy.
The journey has been enjoyable and well-worth making
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