{"id":6627,"date":"2024-06-10T09:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/?p=6627"},"modified":"2024-06-10T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:14:58","slug":"stock-comes-together-to-mark-80th-anniversary-of-d-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/?p=6627","title":{"rendered":"Stock comes together to mark 80th Anniversary of D-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6627\" class=\"elementor elementor-6627\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b48624 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b48624\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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0px;\">Eight decades ago, Operation Overlord saw over 4,000 ships and landing craft deliver more than 125,000 Allied troops on five beaches in Normandy in northern France in an action that would bring about the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, from Nazi Germany and the Axis powers, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front and the end the Second World War in September 1945.<\/span><br><\/p><p>To commemorate the bravery and sacrifice of those who fought for the freedom we enjoy today, beacons were lit around the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">representing the &#8216;light of peace&#8217; that emerged from the darkness of war.<\/span><\/p><p>Stock Cricket Club opened to serve drinks and snacks, while villagers enjoyed f<span 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