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D-Day weatherman should receive award, says veteran’s son

The British weatherman who persuaded the supreme allied commander to postpone the D-Day landings could be in line for a posthumous award – nearly 50 years after his death.

Gp Capt James Stagg, who died in Seaford in 1975, was a senior British meteorologist during World War Two.

His weather predictions have been credited with convincing General Dwight D Eisenhower the invasion should be pushed back 24 hours to avoid a storm and potential catastrophe.

His son, Peter Stagg, 82, is set to begin talks with the French authorities over whether his father could be considered for the Legion d’Honneur – France’s highest honour.


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