THE LANDFALL STORY

This is the story of a naval vessel - not an important ship, not even a well-known craft. She was one of hundreds of Tank Landing Craft that took part in the greatest invasion in history - the most fantastic, awe-inspiring and comprehensive crusade conceived and successfully executed by mankind. The D-Day Invasion of Europe-The Normandy Landings-'Operation Overlord.” This tells the story of one- of those ships - there is no other story to be told - she is the only one stilI surviving that was there when it happened - and then she became a well-known Night-Club in Liverpool's dockland!


For over over fifty years LCT 7074 MK III has lain in the Liverpool Docks, providing a comfortable haven and headquarters for Members of the Merseyside Master Mariners Club. Over a million people have walked aboard, without realising the historical background behind the grey, riveted steel.

Now is the time for that story to be told and in doing so to invoke the memory of the men who gave their lives on those beaches, so that Europe could be free.

that the vessel is of historical interest is obvious, and readers can be sure that the present owners THE WARSHIP PRESERVATION TRUST are quite aware of the importance of LCT 7074, and that she will be well cared for in her retirement as a museum piece.

Why am I writing all this? Quite simply because of my age I can't have very much longer to live - I want to record as much as I can of my experiences for my large family and for future generations of my offspring. Oh! And there's something else - I'm having a lot of fun doing it and remembering the good times.