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Beacons are to be lit across Hampshire as part of a national initiative to light 800 of them to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings

More than 800 D-Day beacons will be lit at 9.15pm throughout the UK and overseas on June 6, with the first and principle beacon lit by Pageant Master of D-Day80, Bruno Peek at Portsmouth Naval Base.

Beacon will be lit on June 6 to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day | Contributed

The beacons and ceremonial torch, both of which have been specifically created and donated by BA Systems for the occasion, will contain within the base and handle, sand from the five Normandy beaches the allies landed on.

However Portsmouth is not the only place in Hampshire where beacons will be lit, with around 30 other locations in the county also joining the commemorations.

The full list of beacons and who they will be lit by is:

Calshot and Stone Point National Coastwatch
Lepe D-Day Heritage Group
Winchester Round Table
Hayling Island
Liss Parish Council
Bramley Parish Council
Royal Southern Yacht Club with Hamble Parish Council
Allbrook Parish Council & Otterbourne Parish Councils
Cheesefoot Head, Matterley Estate
East Meon Parish Council, East Meon Village Hall and All Saint’s Church, EastMeon
Eastleigh Town Council
Folds Farm, Godshillwood, Fordingbridge
Copythorne Parish Hall Committee & District Royal British Legion
Sherfield on Loddon
Gosport Borough Council
Catherington Village Residents’ Association – CVRA
Chandler’s Ford Parish Council
Hound Parish Council
Stratfield Mortimer Parish Council
Pamber Parish Council
Bramshott & Liphook Parish Council
Hythe Marina Association Ltd
Charlton Village Community Association
Rooksdown Parish Council
Hampshire County Council
Portsmouth City Council
Yateley Town Council
Whitchurch Town Council
Ludgershall Heritage Group

D-Day 80: Poignant beacons to be lit across Hampshire to mark 80th anniverary of Normandy Landings

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