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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 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 t...

He's out collecting three or four times a day, i in the market all day, collecting, all day yesterday - he was collecting and all weekend. i so he dedicates his life savingl for his past comrades and that. he would, of course, have loved to be there, to touch the stones that bear the names of 22,442 people under british command who died in the battle of normandy, those who never made it home. despite having to watch via satellite link, this in no way obscures the enormous regard and admiration in which we hold our veterans, or diminishes our debt of gratitude to the more than 22,000 men and wo...

For the boys that didn't come home, so. he is out collecting, - he's out collecting three or four times a day, i in the market all day, collecting, all day yesterday - he was collecting and all weekend. i so he dedicates his life savingl for his past comrades and that. he would, of course, have loved to be there, to touch the stones that bear the names of 22,442 people under british command who died in the battle of normandy, those who never made it home. despite having to watch via satellite link, this in no way obscures the enormous regard and admiration in which we hold our veterans, or dim...

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

Hugh schofield reports now from ver—sur—mer. at last the veterans have what they've been pushing forfor years — a single focal point where future generations can come to learn of d—day and to honour the names of the thousands who sacrificed their lives. the ceremony was simple and attended by only a small number of people. because of covid, there were virtually no veterans in france. instead, in rather less clement weather, many of them gathered at the national memorial arboretum in britain and watched proceedings by a live transmission. including this message from prince charles. i ca...