Tenby Museum and Art Gallery’s latest exhibition focusing on the the 75th Anniversary of D-Day features a standard issue camera for British Army photographers of the day which is said to have captured a photo described in the US press as ‘the greatest picture of the war’.

The new exhibition at the museum - ‘This Great and Noble Undertaking: the 75th Anniversary of D-Day’ - written and research by curator Mark Lewis opened recently.

The exhibition traces details of this historic day as well as looking at more specific areas such as photographers (James Mapham and Robert Capa), GI’s in Tenby, Exercise Jantzen, the 28th Division, James Stagg and the importance of the weather.  Part of the display features a Zeiss Ikon camera which was used by war photographer Sergeant Jimmy Mapham to capture an iconic image of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944 at Sword Beach, Normandy.

It has been loaned to the Museum by Seimon Pugh-Jones of Laugharne’s 1940s exhibition of the time the Tin Shed Experience.

“Obviously I’ve handled all sorts of things with historical connections, but never anything that has had such a realistic story behind it,” said Mark.

There are memories, did-you-know snippets, images and some wonderful original artefacts and mannequins from the collection of The History Shed Experience featured at the exhibition which runs until the end of December.

There is also a poignant eight-minute film featuring local veteran Ted Owens, now 94 years old, being interviewed by two young children from St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Cardiff, when Ted returned once more to the now peaceful shores of Normandy to lay a poppy in remembrance of lost friends.

“Tenby and Pembrokeshire played their parts in this historic event and this exhibition tries to balance the personal with the more broader historical story,” continued Mark.

“I am hugely grateful to Seimon Pugh-Jones of the History Shed Experience, my brother, Greg, for making the film and allowing us to show it and of course to Ted.”

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