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D-Day 75: Normandy Memorial Trust’s sculpture was inaugurated in an official ceremony

Prime minister Theresa May visits Gold Beach Ver-Sur-Mer to attend a ceremony at the British Normandy Memorial with President Macron. An inauguration ceremony, including the unveiling of the D-Day Sculpture commissioned by the Normandy Memorial Trust, was held at the British...

D-Day 75: Normandy hosts veterans with a spectacular line-up of events

Images captured at Arromanche on June 6th with the D-Day commemorations in full swing. To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Royal Air Force will be dropping members of the British Army’s 16th Air Assault Brigade over Sannerville, Caen. Along with veterans from all thr...

D-Day75: Veterans depart for France after spectacular send-off

Pictured: The Prime Minister Theresa May, Penny Mordaunt Secretary of State for Defence and the First Sealord Sir Philip Jones. Seen here with the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth for the DDay75 Celebrations as part of tribute to Normandy veterans in the presence of world leaders...

D-Day75: Lone Piper on the Mulberry harbour Arromanches in Normandy

Trevor Macey-Lillie the Piper Major from 19th Regiment Royal Artillery began the D-Day commemorations on Mulberry harbours in Arromanches-les-Bains Normandy. He played the “Highland Laddie” at 06:26 BST on 6 June, to commemorate the first soldiers that landed on Gold Beach at...

D-Day75: Pegasus Bridge Vigil and Silent March

Soldiers from The Rifles and the Army Air Corps have gathered at the iconic World War II site of Pegasus Bridge to commemorate the actions of their predecessors, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Glider Pilot Regiment, 75 years ago. The Ox & Bucks LI...