3 historic documents relating to the D-Day are to go on display in Newport on Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the historic landings in Normandy. The D-Day documents were found in a collection of over 2,000 books and documents left to Bembridge Fort Trust in 3 separate legacies. 1 document in the possession of the Trust is the speech by Lord Montgomery to British troops on the eve of the invasion. The copy in the possession of the Trust is of historic importance as it includes ‘Monty’s’ signature. The landings on 6th June 1944 were the largest seaborne invasion in history. For many WW2 historians, it is considered to be the single most important day in the 20th century. Some 132,000 men were transported by sea using 5,000 ships on D-Day, and a further 24,000 paratroopers and glider-borne troops landed behind German lines. This marked the beginning of the liberation of France and Western Europe and proved to be a decisive success for the Allies. Bembridge Fort on the Isle of Wight played a key role in the D-Day invasion. The radio station on Culver Down became the major control centre for the invasion convoys as they assembled some 100 miles south of the Isle of Wight – at an area that became known as ‘Piccadilly Circus’. 
“At the time of the V1 attacks, we would go up to the ramparts of the fort to watch the buzz-bombs going over to the mainland and sometimes to see them shot down by the army or turned round by RAF fighters. “On the days before ‘D-day’, the sight from the Fort and Culver Down across the Solent was something never to be forgotten. We felt that we could have walked across to the mainland by stepping from one ship or boat to another.”
Bembridge Fort Trust has said:
“The Trustees, volunteers and supporters of the Bembridge Fort Trust would like to add their support to the commemorative events that will allow communities to come together to pay their respect to those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Normandy Landings and for all those who would continue the fight to free Europe, and the world, from the evil of Nazi domination. “Although the fort will not be open over the weekend, we would like to add our voices and eternal gratitude to all those who fought for, and for those who paid the ultimate price, to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. “The events across the UK and its allies will allow us all to remember our shared history and the sacrifices of all the men and women who fought for freedom 80 years ago.”
Copies of the D-Day documents will be put on display by Newport and Carisbrooke Council at Victoria Recreation Ground for their D-day celebrations on Saturday (8th June), which starts at 10:00. Lord Montgomery’s speech before the D-Day invasion with Monty’s signature: 
No mention and typically today, of the input and output of the southern part of the island. The Radar station records of the Ventnor area shows records of D day – see the d day log in Ventnor heritage centre.Disappointedi. The limits of research in this article. All need recognition.
No mention of Ventnor as the radar station made a important to the D day landings.