Unveiling the memorial virtually from London, Prince Charles said: 'As I said when I first became aware of the plans for this long overdue British memorial, it has for many years been a concern to me that the memory of these remarkable individuals should be preserved for future generations as an example of personal courage and sacrifice, for the benefit of the wider national and, indeed, international community.' Prince Charles today honoured the British servicemen and women who died in the D-Day landings in a video message at the unveiling of a 'long overdue' war memorial in Normandy D-Day veteran Joe Cattini pretends to fire his gun after arriving by landing craft at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on June 6, in Portsmouth Veterans watch the official opening of the British Normandy Memorial in France via a live feed during a ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire Handout photo issued by the Normandy Memorial Trust of French Air Force Patrouille de France Team performing at the official opening ceremony of the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer in France on the anniversary of the D-Day landings Veterans watch the official opening of the British Normandy Memorial in France via a live feed during a ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, June 6 As the sun rises over the French village of Ver-Sur-Mer, British piper Steve Black plays to commemorate the fallen soldiers in a poignant scene. This morning, as the sun rose over the French village of Ver-Sur-Mer, British piper Steve Black played to commemorate the fallen soldiers in a poignant scene.ĭraped in the Union flag, Mr Black stood alone on a hillside overlooking Gold Beach, where British troops stormed ashore on June 6, 1944. The names of those 22,442 men and women under British command who lost their lives during the invasion are now inscribed in stone pillars at the memorial in the French village of Ver-sur-Mer.
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