Surrounded by illuminated graves of 4,140 men who gave their lives for our liberation, the Princess Royal recited the words: He is not dead whose memory lives in hearts that know and loved him .
80 years ago, the weather broke. and the greatest invasion force in history left the shores of britain to liberate europe. we are here today to remember the sacrifice of the tens of thousands who did not make it home. and we are here to honour the service of those who did. men like ken cook, 18 years old. he had never been on a boat before. he had never been on a boat before. he had never been on a boat before. he had never been on the beach before. yet, with his regiment, the green howards, he landed in the first wave to storm gold beach. 0r stan ford, 19, he was manning a gun turret on hms brampton when a torpedo struck, blowing him into the water. the ship
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The Winston Churchill Education and Learning Centre, proudly standing alongside The British Normandy Memorial above Gold Beach in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, will tell the incredible story of against-all-odds heroics.