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At the end of august 19114. and in the morning, we will rememberthem. we will rememberthem. there was a two—minute silence to honour the 22,4112 names that are engraved on the columns of the memorial. and then, accompanied by the french defence minister, the british ambassador to paris, lord llewellyn, laid a wreath to declare the memorial officially open. the memorial was only completed a few weeks ago. the press has been very deliberately kept away, and because of covid there are very few visitors in normandy at the moment who could spread the word. as a result, the scale and the beauty of...

And in the morning, we will rememberthem. we will rememberthem. there was a two—minute silence to honour the 22,4112 names that are engraved on the columns of the memorial. and then, accompanied by the french defence minister, the british ambassador to paris, lord llewellyn, laid a wreath to declare the memorial officially open. the memorial was only completed a few weeks ago. the press has been very deliberately kept away, and because of covid there are very few visitors in normandy at the moment who could spread the word. as a result, the scale and the beauty of this place have come to man...

Pass the event back to the royal british legion. thank you very much indeed. applause studio: and there, the pictures of that memorial, unveiled today on the columns of the memorial, the names of 22,442 columns of the memorial, the names of 22,4112 service men and women who lost their lives on d—day and during the battle of normandy. reeds are being laid at that memorial. —— wreathes. there are two veterans

There was a two—minute silence to honour the 22,4112 names that are engraved on the columns of the memorial. and then, accompanied by the french defence minister, the british ambassador to paris, lord llewellyn, laid a wreath to declare the memorial officially open. the memorial was only completed a few weeks ago. the press has been very deliberately kept away, and because of covid there are very few visitors in normandy at the moment who could spread the word. as a result, the scale and the beauty of this place have come to many as a monumental surprise. it's set on a hill looking down on g...

Because of covid, virtually no veterans were in france. instead, in rather less clement weather, many of them gathered at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire and watched the ceremony via a live transmission, including a message from the prince of wales. i could only hope that this serves to commemorate all those whose lives were lost during the events ofjune 1994 and between d—day and the liberation of paris at the end of august 19114. —— june 19114. and in the morning, we will rememberthem. we will rememberthem. there was a two—minute silence to honour the 22,4112 names t...