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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. i can only hope that this serves to commemorate ...

Celsius. thank you, darren. a spectacular new memorial that will honour the 22,442 fallen british servicemen and women who died in the d—day landings and the battle of normandy will be unveiled today. the british normandy memorial, overlooks gold beach, where troops stormed ashore on this day in 1944. let's speak now to the former head of the british army, lord richard dannatt. hejoins us from he joins us from the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire because due to covid you are not able to travel to normandy, i'm sure you would have been there but i note you would have been there bu...

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. marvellous. we just had a job to do. all these fellas did a good job. all these men, these wonderful men. mr harry billinge, for services to charitable fundraising. a few pounds or £1,000, i went to do it for the fellas that never came back. this medal is for the memory of every one of them fellas. 22,442 men! killed in a day! and it's never left me, never left me. i ca...

The conception behind us. for 70 five years or more there has not been a memorial. there have been plenty of visits and everyone has had a fulfilling time coming to see the beaches but there has been our growing call for this single focus. that cole came from the veterans themselves. we have cemeteries up and down the course but there is no one place all the comrades serving together under british command whatever nationality is sadly lost their lives under commemorated in one place. the veterans wanted a place of memory that would be peaceful and reflective but also capture the idea they were...

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