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This blue commemorative plaque records: The Wheatsheaf Hotel was the original Officers' Mess when Major John Howard DSO joined the 1st Airlanding Brigade. He led the capture of "Pegasus" Bridge 6th June 1944 the spearhead of the "D" Day landings Recorded plaque organisation: Basingstoke Heritage Society.

Major John Howard DSO was a British Army officer who led the coup de main force that captured Pegasus Bridge on D-Day, 6 June 1944, a critical operation in securing the Allied invasion of Normandy.

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