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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