Southwick Revival to Honour 'Bedford Boys' Lost on D-Day in Hampshire Village

Southwick Revival to honour 'Bedford Boys' lost on D-Day in Hampshire village

The young soldiers were part of the first wave of Allied forces landing on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion in June 1944.

Remembering the Bedford Boys

The Bedford International Alliance held it’s annual Memorial Day commemoration in Greenwood Cemetery Monday, May 26. This event, while focusing on D-Day, also has a reference to the rest of the fight in Western Europe and also a reference to…

Southwick turns out for Memorial Day services - The Reminder

Shirley Odell, a Gold Star mother who lost her daughter, U.S. Navy Petty Officer Nancy R. Odell-Liupakka, in 1987 in Italy, places a wreath at Southwick’s War Memorial during the town’s Memorial Day service on May 26.Reminder Publishing photo by Cliff Clark SOUTHWICK — On Memorial Day the nation stops to pay tribute to those who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military, and the residents of Southwick joined their fellow citizens to gi…