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 announce that local artist Amy Beswick has been chosen to create an inspiring artwork for display beside our memorial plaque at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery.
Since launching Project D Day 83 in April this year, we have received sixteen high-quality proposals from a diverse range of artists. The Selection Panel faced the difficult task of choosing the artwork that best met the brief. Artists were asked to reflectthe veterans’ values of peace, remembrance, comradeship, the Normandy Landings, liberation and education, while creating a work sensitive to its setting and visually appealing to audiences of all ages.
Amy’s submission meets every aspect of the brief with a distinctive, sensitive artwork ideally suited to the gallery.
Amy will officially receive her award at the War Memorial Art Gallery on Sunday 18 October.
The artwork will be unveiled on 6 June 2027, the 83rd anniversary of D Day.
Stockport Normandy Veterans Legacy, Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery and Stockport Metropolitan Council wish to thank every artist for submitting their proposals.
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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