D-Day veterans mark 82nd anniversary as nearly 100 British names added to memorial
Key takeaways
- The huge operation, which took place on 6 June 1944, saw British, American and Canadian troops storm beaches along the Normandy coastline to begin the liberation of France from Nazi occupation.
- This year's commemorative events will be the first since nearly 100 more names were added to the British Normandy Memorial, which lists troops who died in the campaign.
- "To most people coming here they're just a series of names," 100-year-old veteran Kenneth Hay told the BBC.
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John Maguire,Normandyand Adam Goldsmith PA Media Henry Rice (l) and 100-year-old Ken Hay (r) are among the veterans to have travelled to France for the commemorations Some of the last remaining surviving UK veterans are commemorating the anniversary of D-Day, 82 years since the allied invasion of northern France in World War Two.
The huge operation, which took place on 6 June 1944, saw British, American and Canadian troops storm beaches along the Normandy coastline to begin the liberation of France from Nazi occupation.
This year's commemorative events will be the first since nearly 100 more names were added to the British Normandy Memorial, which lists troops who died in the campaign.