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The History of Hayling Island.

“Hayling Island, Hayling Island, what did I expect to see? Beetling cliff and chalky highland and the salt spray splashing me? But this was quite the wrong picture, the ripple and suck of a smooth tide flooding over silvery mud and salt co...

The COPP Heroes Memorial Fund was established in 2010 to raise awareness of the COPP (Combined Operations Pilotage Parties) contribution to the allied war effort in WW2, and to raise funds to create and maintain a fitting memorial to these wartime heroes on the seafron...

Celebration of COPP and D-Day led by Dan Snow.

Dedication of COPP Memorial Bench

by Timothy Knatchbull.

Go to relevant page on COPP website.

This A4 124 page book tells the enthralling story of life on a small island on the South Coast of England, during World War Two.

Hayling Island made an extraordinary contribution to the nation’s war effort during World War Two, yet it has always been overshadowed by its...

The granite stone with an inscribed memorial was dedicated by Countess Mountbatten to the COPP Heroes on 27th September 2012 in a ceremony attended by surviving COPPists and their family and friends, representatives of the army and marines, the Mayor of Havant, hardwor...

Opening of the Hayling Island WWII Heritage Trail,

the very first in the U.K.

Hayling at War show at Station Theatre honouring Hayling's Heroes.

Exhibition & Presentation to the Hayling Residents Association at the URC Hall on COPP.

COPP Display at the Hayling Library.

Discover Hayling - week long exhibition at the Newtown House Hotel, Hayling Island.