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You had a target, 22,442. that's a pound for every bloke that died. that died on d—day. and you reached the target, brilliant. you are well on your way. but what you have been contributing to is a bigger memorial. the names of those who died... and the extra money we try to get through the education of youngsters. i want to show you something. this is it. this is what you've been raising money towards. and you've never seen this before. no, never. how does it make you feel? because the work you're doing, it's now concrete, it's tangible, it's there, you can touch it. ok? yeah. it means so mu...

Will be remembered by british, french, young and old for what he did in 1944 and what he has done since. i've never seen anything like it in my life. i'd never seen anything like it in my life. you had the ships firing over your head and you had the germans firing from inland. 88 millimetre guns, they used. which would blow you off the face of the earth. and we haven't had a memorial, which is sad, really. thank you, darling. you began raising, you had a target, 22,442. that's a pound for every bloke that died. that died on d—day. and you reached the target, brilliant. you are well on your w...

Day, his message was so powerful. i would be interested to know what it was like for you to talk to him and for other members of the armed forces to hear those stories you are ri . ht. forces to hear those stories you are riuht. nick forces to hear those stories you are right- nick has _ forces to hear those stories you are right. nick has fantastically - right. nick has fantastically described _ right. nick has fantastically described what— right. nick has fantastically described what harry - right. nick has fantastically described what harry did i right. nick has fantastically. described w...

I feel very humble today and i'm deeply moved, because i didn't realise what a wonderful place it is now. beyond all comprehension. marvellous. he was just a teenager when he was one of the first to land here in normandy on what the allies called gold beach. he wanted to come to the british memorial, for the very first time, and to see the names of some of the men who died on d—day and during the battles that followed. alexander. and up there, look — bates. bates. can you see him? yes. chiselled into the memorial�*s stone are the names of 22,442 people who were killed here during the sum...

Bates. can you see him? yes. chiselled into the memorial�*s stone are the names of 22,442 people who were killed here during the summer of 1944. marvellous man. he got promoted to lance corporal. he was a sapper. but he was an elderly bloke to be over here, really. i think he was old enough to be my dad. harry's fundraising has been tireless. a regular fixture at par market near his home in cornwall, he has raised almost £a0,000. and that dedication is recognised here on one of the walls. but typically, harry's reaction to seeing his name was to think of others. don't deserve that. i don't.