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The 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
The MOD will support major events to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in June 2024.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, centred around the date of invasion, 6 June, known as “D-Day”. A series of major commemorations are planned to mark this historic occasion, with [events](/government/admin/publications/321093) planned in both the United...
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, on 6 June 1944, also known as D-Day. A series of major commemorations is planned to mark this historic occasion, with events planned in the UK and at various locations...
Portsmouth will host a major national commemorative event to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in June 2024.
The memorial will host a major commemorative event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings in June 2024.
Dozens of veterans of the Normandy Landings gathered at Southwick House in Hampshire today as a week of events marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day begins.
A series of events will be taking place in the UK and France, to commemorate the lives lost on 6 June 1944 and during the ensuing Battle of Normandy.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's remarks at the British Normandy Memorial for the 80th anniversary of D-Day [6 June 2024].
Application form for the award of the Legion D’Honneur available to all surviving veterans.
Thousands of Armed Forces personnel and members of the public will take part in events in Normandy and Portsmouth this June.
30 children visited 10 Downing Street and HMS Belfast for the ultimate D-Day history lesson, transported on a Second World War-era red London bus.
Veterans of the Normandy campaign are invited to register if they would like to attend D-Day 80.
The grave of Wolverhampton soldier, Trooper (Tpr) Robert John Cheshire, aged 20, who served with 23rd Hussars, part of The Royal Armoured Corps, has been identified in Normandy nearly 80 years after he went missing.
A series of booklets remembering the bravery of our armed forces during the World War 2, 1939 to 1945.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today launched the commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day by lighting a torch that will tour the UK before travelling to France.
Nearly 80 years after their deaths, Trooper (Tpr) David Louis Morris, Corporal (Cpl) Allan Edwin Griffiths and Lance Corporal (LCpl) Neville Charles Skilton, who all served with 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), part of The Royal Armoured Corps, have...
The graves of two World War One soldiers, one whose gun jammed while being attacked in freezing conditions and another who died trying to save his wounded men, have now been marked by name more than a century after their...
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