Defence minister, step forward, if we can see them, as reeds are presented to them, so that they can be placed at the duzel wall, on behalf of the united kingdom and france. there, the ambassador and the minister stepping forward to, to place a british race, of red poppies, and a french race of blue cornflowers, the french flower of remembrance. the reeds are placed at the foot of the d day wall, which are inscribed the names of the m75 british servicemen who died on the three d day beaches where british forces land, together with those members of the royal and merchant navies, who were lost at sea. and members of the royal air force, lost in the air. and it is to the sea,