Trebah Military Day 2024

Join us for the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Military Day is an annual event held at Trebah to remember and commemorate the bravery of the men and women of the British Armed Forces who have given their lives on active service. The day is organised and coordinated by the Royal Cornwall Branch of the Parachute Regimental Association.

Trebah has two very important links with the military and World War Two.

The first is with D-Day and the assault on Normandy. After months of preparation – during which the beach was concreted and the original boathouse was dynamited – on 1 June 1944, a regiment of 7,500 men of the 29th US Infantry Division, along with their tanks, guns and transport, embarked from Trebah Beach in ten 150-foot flat-bottomed LST landing craft. For five days they battled through enormous seas to the Isle of Wight and then on to the D-Day assault landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy, where they suffered grievous casualties.

The second is with Major Tony Hibbert MBE MC (1917-2014) who, with his wife Eira, bought the garden in 1981 and began a programme of work to restore the garden to its former glory and passed ownership of the house, garden and cottages to Trebah Garden trust in 1990.

He had a decorated military career during World War Two, including fighting at Arnhem and receiving the Military Cross in 1945.

See see website for itinerary.

Event is free but please note standard garden entry rates apply, or free for Trebah members.