A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles is to be unveiled on Sunday in northern France, a tribute seen as a long overdue commemoration of their sacrifice. The British heir to the throne Prince Charles, in a video message shared by the Normandy Memorial Trust, described the memorial as "long overdue".
A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles is to be unveiled on Sunday in northern France, a tribute seen as a long overdue commemoration of their sacrifice. The British Normandy Memorial, inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the invasion of Nazi-occupied France in the summer of 1944, will open on a hillside in the Normandy village of.
A memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles was unveiled on Sunday in Normandy, northwestern France, a tribute seen as a "long ov…
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‘Long overdue’ commemoration of historic battle to defeat WWII Nazis
By AFP Published: Jun 06, 2021 05:23 PM
A veteran attends an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing in Normandy, France, June 4, 2019. Photo:XinhuaA memorial to almost 22,500 servicemen and women under British command killed during D-Day and subsequent battles was expected to be unveiled on Sunday in northern France, a tribute seen as a long overdue commemoration of their sacrifice.
The British Normandy Memorial, inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the invasion of Nazi-occupied France in the summer of 1944, would open on a hillside in the Normandy village of Ver-sur-Mer on the 77th anniversary of the landings.
160 standing stones are inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France in 1944