On Sunday, the names of 22,442 soldiers under British command who died on D-day and the subsequent Battle of Normandy were engraved in stone as a permanent reminder of their sacrifice as a new British Normandy memorial was unveiled. The Patrouille de France flies over the British Normandy memorial during the opening ceremony on the 77th anniversary of D-day. The British Normandy memorial sits on a 20-hectare (50-acre) site set within landscaped gardens on a hill above Gold Beach, where British-led troops came ashore. A Normandy Memorial Trust app can be downloaded giving details of the stories behind each of the names of those who fell. Edward Llewellyn, the British ambassador to France, told veterans: “This is your memorial.

Source: The Guardian June 06, 2021 13:37 UTC