British D-Day Memorial in Normandy
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Ver-sur-Mer /
World
/ France
/ Basse-Normandie
/ Ver-sur-Mer
Second World War 1939-1945, war memorial, 2021_construction
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Patron of the Normandy Memorial Trust, His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, opened the British Normandy Memorial virtually with a special video message to Normandy Veterans. The Opening Ceremony was presided over by the British Ambassador to France, Lord Edward Llewellyn on 06.06.2021.
A small group, including 97-year-old British Normandy Veteran David Mylchreest, French Minister for the Armed Forces, Madame Florence Parly, Senior French guests and Chairman of the Normandy Memorial Trust Lord Peter Ricketts, gathered in front of the "D-Day Wall" for the long-awaited opening in Ver-sur-Mer.
The British Normandy Memorial was inaugurated in Ver-sur-Mer (Calvados) and records the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944. This includes people from more than 30 different countries. Inscribed in stone, their names have never, until now, been brought together. The site also includes a French Memorial, dedicated to the memory of French civilians who died during this time.
www.britishnormandymemorial.org/
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A small group, including 97-year-old British Normandy Veteran David Mylchreest, French Minister for the Armed Forces, Madame Florence Parly, Senior French guests and Chairman of the Normandy Memorial Trust Lord Peter Ricketts, gathered in front of the "D-Day Wall" for the long-awaited opening in Ver-sur-Mer.
The British Normandy Memorial was inaugurated in Ver-sur-Mer (Calvados) and records the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944. This includes people from more than 30 different countries. Inscribed in stone, their names have never, until now, been brought together. The site also includes a French Memorial, dedicated to the memory of French civilians who died during this time.
www.britishnormandymemorial.org/
trendswide.com/prince-charles-gives-video-message-at-un...
247newsaroundtheworld.com/news/prince-charles-gives-vid...
en.normandie-tourisme.fr/british-normandy-memorial/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2w9dbuKZUg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkZq2m_hSU
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Normandy_Memorial
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°20'18"N -0°32'15"E
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