D-Day veterans mark 82nd anniversary as nearly 100 British names added to memorial
The ceremonies include a 22km commemorative walk and the smallest turnout of Normandy veterans since the memorial opened, with only six confirmed.
- Commemorations for the 82nd anniversary of D-Day began in Normandy on Saturday as French schoolchildren crossed Juno Beach at H-Hour, marching alongside serving military personnel and pipers from the Jedburgh Pipe Band.
- Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed in 1944 to begin the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, initiating the Normandy campaign that followed with devastating casualties.
- The Normandy campaign saw 73,000 Allied lives lost with 153,000 men wounded, while only six Normandy veterans attended this year's ceremony at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, the smallest number since opening in 2021.
- Henry Montgomery, grandson of British Commander Field Marshal Montgomery, completed his two-month 'Monty's Footsteps' journey by walking more than 22 kilometers across Sword, Juno, and Gold beaches at H-Hour, honoring more than 22,000 names on the memorial.
- The ceremony honors 4,414 Allied soldiers who died on D-Day, while historians estimate between 4,000 and 9,000 German casualties occurred during the invasion and campaign, underscoring the profound human cost across all sides.
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Commemorations to mark 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy begin
Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on June 6 1944 to fight Nazi-occupied France.
D-Day: Normandy falls silent on 82nd anniversary in remembrance of fallen soldiers
Veterans gathered in northern France to mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day with a moment of silence in remembrance of the thousands of Allied troops who died in the invasion.Serving military personnel, the grandson of British Commander Field Marshal Montgomery and pipers from the Jedburgh Pipe Band marched with the schoolchildren on Saturday morning.Codenamed Operation Overlord, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on June 6 1944 to fight Nazi-oc…
Memorial events began at Juno Beach.
A ceremony was held at the Cathedral of Bayeux (Calvados), Friday, June 5, 2026, to pay tribute to Her Majesty's soldiers who had fallen in Normandy in the summer of 1944.
Commemorations to mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy have started
Commemorations to mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy have started, with French schoolchildren walking across Juno Beach to mark H-Hour, the time at which British servicemen were deployed.
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