Memorial dedicated to 22,000 British soldiers lost at Normandy
10 Jun 2021, 17:33 GMT+10
VER-SUR-MER, France: A memorial to the 22,442 British soldiers who died on D-Day and in the months afterwards in Normandy was dedicated on Sunday, the 77th anniversary of D-Day.
The names of all of the British soldiers who died are inscribed in stone, atop a hill at the memorial. It s a great privilege to be here today. We have wonderful cemeteries in the area and this is a final permanent reminder. It s a reminder of the 22,000-plus young men who were gone so we could live the sort of lives we have now, said 97-year-old David Mylchresst, one of the few veterans who were present for the dedication, according to United Press International.
Residents of Normandy Commemorate 77th Anniversary of D-Day
World War II history enthusiasts parade in WWII vehicles in Colleville-Montgomery, Normandy, Saturday June, 5 2021 on the eve of 77th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
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A small French town in Normandy honored D-Day Veterans nearly 77 years to the day since the decisive WWII military operation. On Friday, officials in Carentan held a ceremony commemorating veterans and fallen soldiers of WWII including American veteran Charles Norman Shay.
Shay was a 19-year-old army medic and one of thousands of allied troops who landed on the beaches of Normandy in 1944. The 96-year-old who reportedly saved 20 soldiers as a medic has been residing in Normandy. He has expressed that the French people will never forget the actions of the allied troops.
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Veterans of the Normandy landings are gathering in advance of the commemoration of D-Day on Sunday, when the Allies landed in France to fight Nazi Germany.
This year only a few veterans of the D-Day landings have travelled to Normandy to honour their fallen comrades on June 6th.
A new memorial to the British veterans who died has been put in place.
Its pillars are engraved with the names of the 22,442 British men and women who died in the landings and in the Battle of Normandy that followed in 1944.
The new one also pays tribute to the 20,000 or so French civilians who died as their country was being liberated from the Germans.