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Normandy veterans gather to mark 77th D-Day anniversary and memorial opening

Veterans attended the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to watch the opening remotely.

6 Jun

Veteran achieves lifelong mission for memorial honouring British D-Day heroes

Harry Billinge, 96, said raising money for a memorial for his friends and fellow frontline soldiers meant more to him than life itself.

4 Jun

Tributes sent to honour D-Day vets as Covid-19 limits commemorations

This year’s remembrance of the crucial 1944 allies invasion of Normandy is more muted.

6 Jun 2020

'Normandy veterans love one another': Hero dedicates MBE to fallen comrades

'I'm going to do it until I'm 100': 98-year-old D-Day veteran parachutes again

Ex-Royal Navy wren 'thrilled' at Légion d'Honneur medal for code-breaking

D-Day veteran appeals for return of medal lost during 75th anniversary event

Young soldiers killed in First World War buried in France more than 100 years on

Probe into swastikas drawn on commemorative D-Day bench

May Day bank holiday to move to a Friday to mark 75th anniversary of VE Day

Anger as war graves smashed in run-up to D-Day anniversary

Flypast in Normandy ends poignant 75th D-Day commemorations

From a phantom army to inflatable tanks, secrecy was key to the success of D-Day

Prince William pays tribute to 'ultimate sacrifice' of D-Day fallen

May, Trump and Macron commemorate 75th anniversary of D-Day landings