John Sheldon's photos

By the Brittany Ferry Dock at Ouistreham Harbour, Normandy, France.

By the Brittany Ferry Dock at Ouistreham Harbour, Normandy, France.

Caen, Normandy, France.

Eglise Saint Samson in Ouistreham, Normandy, France. Viewed from the rond-point, Avenue Michel Cabieu.

An engraved stone at Ouistreham Harbour, the poem celebrates the relationship the dwellers on the Normandy coast have with the sea. "Mer, petite mer.."

British 25 pounder Field Artillery Gun. Outside the D Day Museum (Musee du Debarquement) at Arromanches, Normandy, France. The Museum overlooks Gold Beach.

The beach at Arromanches, Normandy, France, where the invasion of Normandy by 'Allied Forces' began in June 1944. Code named Gold Beach it saw the disembarkment of thousands of fighting men and many tons of war equipment. Overlaid as a semi-transparent layer is a picture of the War Cemetery at Bayeux, where a lot of the men from all nationalities who were killed on the 'Normandy Beaches' are buried.

This is a distressing place to visit, especially at sun down. There are 4648 burials here, the majority nationalities being British 3935, German 466, and Canadian 181. Ages mostly 19 to 25, killed in the Battle of Normandy, 1944.

This is a distressing place to visit, especially at sun down. There are 4648 burials here, the majority nationalities being British 3935, German 466, and Canadian 181. Ages mostly 19 to 25, killed in the Battle of Normandy, 1944.