this is albert keogh we are looking at, 98. he is a royal navy veteran. do i hear applause? applause look at his face as who takes it all in. he hails from scotland and the smile on his face, because the thing is, he survived, james. he understands what the loss is because he had a life. ~ . , , , life. what must they be feeling, thou~h? life. what must they be feeling, though? the life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, - life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, for| life. what must they be feeling, - though? the fact that they, for some reason, they have cheated, they cheated death in 1944 and had cheated death in 1944 and had cheated it ever since and here they still are. cheated it ever since and here they stillare. how cheated it ever since and here they still are. how wonderful cheated it ever since and here they stillar
the centre of the memorial signifying the invasion by land, sea and air here at gold beach on the north coast of france. and i m naga munchetty in the studio. also in the news this morning. the first minister of wales, vaughan gething, faces an uncertain future after losing a vote of no confidence he insists he ll carry on. premier league clubs will vote on whether to scrap the use of the video assistant referee, after a season of notable errors and mounting scrutiny. good morning from hms belfast, one of the first warships to arrive at the normandy beaches. it is a cold start to the day, across the board, sunshine and blustery showers, most of which will be in the north. all the details later. it s thursday the 6th ofjune welcome to normandy where 80 years ago today, more than 156,000 allied troops launched an attack on german forces which would change the course of the second world war. it would forever be known as d day. it was just before 6.30 in the morning onjune 6t
well, what an extraordinary morning here at the british normandy memorial. i had spent many days now with some of these veterans i m just wonderful to see them at the heart of this service. so much pride, so much pleasure to be here and they are really determined to be here for those who could not be, for the fallen. and this memorial itself, that was the idea of one d day veteran, george batts, back in 2015 and is here now, realised and permanent. a permanent memorialfor all of those who lost their lives. the ages here, so young. as young as my own children on the pillars. what struck me most this morning wasjohn dennett, who served with the royal navy, who spoke to us. he took one look out here come the first time he had looked from the memorial out to sea, out to gold beach, and hejust said it is a lot quieter here today
see. the size of the allied invasion was staggering and difficult to comprehend, especially on a beautiful sunny day like today. it is appropriate to come here and perhaps take a moment to bow your head just as the standing with giants statues are. i have had the opportunity this morning to spend a moment, and this place is very special, the memorial itself, the names on the memorial, and you can take a moment to think about what happened in the past. clearly front and centre of everything which has been happening alongside these locations are the people, the veterans who were involved. we will be hearing from those this morning as well. events
recipient named on the memorial. they were all brave men, whether they want a medal or not. sometimes i spend a week travelling round the paying my respects so our lads are being visited. it gets a bit emotional, you know. that is how it is. there is a lot of young men out there, i think it is good we should remember them and keep visiting them wherever we can. here remember them and keep visiting them wherever we can- wherever we can. here at the national archives wherever we can. here at the national archives of - wherever we can. here at the national archives of the - wherever we can. here at the i national archives of the original wartime documents. a valuable resource that formed just part of the research by jane resource that formed just part of the research byjane furlong, who spent more than nine months determining and double checking every single name on the memorial. the memorial itself is ordered by date. so that what you can do is you are going round the memorial itself,