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Find out more about D-Day 80 at the British Normandy Memorial

皇冠体育app memorial will host a major commemorative event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings in June 2024.

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皇冠体育app British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy.

皇冠体育app British Normandy Memorial will host a major British commemorative event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings on 6 June 2024.

Members of the public can to receive updates about their D-Day 80 events.

皇冠体育app 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings will be the first time this new memorial has been at the heart of major anniversary commemorations.

皇冠体育app British Normandy Memorial is the only memorial in Normandy listing the names of the 22,442 people who died under British command on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy.

皇冠体育app memorial was inaugurated by President of France Emmanuel Macron and then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 皇冠体育appresa May on 6 June 2019 during events to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

皇冠体育app UK Government and generous donors collaborated to fund the memorial, which was officially opened on 6 June 2021.

to find out more about their D-Day 80 events.

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Published 13 October 2023