		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="111265417"
		 data-section="2">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div><p>Events marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day will take place in France and the UK today.</p>
<p>In one of her final official engagements as Conservative leader, Theresa May will attend an inauguration ceremony in Normandy for a memorial to commemorate more than 20,000 members of the British armed forces who died there in summer 1944.</p>
<p>The British Normandy Memorial, funded by the Normandy Memorial Trust, is being built on a hillside in Ver-sur-Mer, overlooking Gold Beach, one of the key sites for British troops during the Normandy Landings.</p>
<p><!--Ads1--></p>
<p>French President Emmanuel Macron will join the British Prime Minister at the ceremony, where a sculpture created by David Williams-Ellis will be unveiled marking the beginning of construction for the memorial.</p>
<p>Expected to be completed within a year, it will record the names of 22,442 members of the British armed forces who died in the D-Day landings and Battle of Normandy.</p>
<p>After the memorial inauguration, Theresa May will join veterans and the Prince of Wales at a cathedral service in Bayeux.</p>
<p>The city, close to the northern French coast, was the first major place to be liberated, after the Allied forces invasion.</p>
<p>Following the service, veterans will parade from the cathedral to the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">75 years ago men landed on these beaches &; further inland. Over 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen would be killed in action on D-Day &; are commemorated by <a href="https://twitter.com/CWGC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CWGC</a> in cemeteries &; on memorials throughout Normandy. Learn more here: <a href="https://t.co/z1foQhfR9w">https://t.co/z1foQhfR9w</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegacyOfLiberation?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LegacyOfLiberation</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DDay75?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DDay75</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WW2?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WW2</a> <a href="https://t.co/0RTYJjm5B3">pic.twitter.com/0RTYJjm5B3</a></p>
<p>&mdash; WarGravesCommission (@CWGC) <a href="https://twitter.com/CWGC/status/1136500330693312512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
<p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>Dignitaries will be invited to lay memorial wreaths and the last post will be played at the site where more than 4,000 war dead are buried.</p>
<p>Ahead of the commemorations, Theresa May said: “It is a privilege to be in Normandy today for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and to pay my respects to the troops who gave their lives for the freedom we cherish today.</p>
<p>“As we come together to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of those who died for our liberty 75 years ago – we promise to honour their memory for generations to come.”</p>
<p>Meanwhile, many veterans will flock to the town of Arromanches for a series of events.</p>
<p><!--Ads3--></p>
<p>Activities on Thursday will mark key events in the operation. The day will begin with a lone piper playing a lament on Port Winston signalling the minute the invasion began and the moment the first British soldier landed on Gold beach.</p>
<p>Pipe Major Trevor Macey-Lillie, of 19th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Scottish Gunners), will perform Highland Laddie.</p>
<p>Veterans will then descend on the town square as part of a parade with Tobias Ellwood, the minister for Defence People and Veterans, and chief of Ministry of Defence general staff Mark Carleton-Smith will be among crowds before a Red Arrows flypast and a firework display.</p>
<p>Across the Channel, a service of remembrance and wreath laying takes place at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.</p>
<p>In Portsmouth, following President Donald Trump’s visit on Wednesday, a veteran’s parade will take place before a memorial service at the city’s D-Day Stone.</p>
<p>And in London, the Duke of Sussex will attend Founder’s Day at the Royal Hospital Chelsea where he will see the Chelsea Pensioners and six veterans from the Normandy Landings.</p>
<p> ;</p>
			<div style="padding-bottom:15px;" class="wordads-tag" data-slot-type="belowpost">
				<div id="atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2d0436640d">
					<script type="text/javascript">
						window.getAdSnippetCallback = function () {
							if ( false === ( window.isWatlV1 ?? false ) ) {
								// Use Aditude scripts.
								window.tudeMappings = window.tudeMappings || [];
								window.tudeMappings.push( {
									divId: 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2d0436640d',
									format: 'belowpost',
								} );
							}
						}

						if ( document.readyState === 'loading' ) {
							document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', window.getAdSnippetCallback );
						} else {
							window.getAdSnippetCallback();
						}
					</script>
				</div>
			</div>
Discover more from London Glossy Post
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
