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CTSI commemorates D-Day hero


Den Brotheridge will be honoured at this year's CTSI Conference

Richard Young

Posted 06 June 2024 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Inside Trading Standards|National


UPDATES: Marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, CTSI pays tribute to trading standards veteran Stanley Parsley, believed to be the first Allied soldier killed on 6 June 1944, and reflects on his remarkable service and sacrifice.

T0day (6 June) marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, when Allied troops landed in Normandy to repel the Nazi forces and liberate France.

The first Allied soldier killed on the first day of the operation — a decisive turning-point in the Second World War — was part of the Trading Standards family.

Lt Herbert Denham ‘Den’ Brotheridge of the 2nd Battalion, Ox and Bucks Ligh...

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