07-Jun-2024
In Pictures: D-DAY 80 at the Memorial
Images in gallery below by Florence Marsac and PA Wire
The Winston Churchill Centre for Education and Learning
The Centre is now open to the public. The centre features two exhibition galleries and a classroom space, as well as a café area serving light refreshments and a shop selling official British Normandy Memorial merchandise.
Standing with Giants Installation
The installation will be in place until end of August 2024. Tribute plaques to be placed alongside the installation (and elsewhere on the site thereafter) are still available to sponsor: find out more and order HERE.
Early morning on 6 June 2024, with the sun rising over Gold Beach. By Florence Marsac
The Standing with Giants installation, in place until 31 August 2024. By Florence Marsac
By Florence Marsac
By Florence Marsac
Credit – Jane Barlow /PA Wire
His Majesty The King, Royal Patron of the Memorial, salutes after laying a wreath. Credit – Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
A Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment plays during the ceremony. Credit – Credit – Jane Barlow /PA Wire
Credit – Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Her Majesty The Queen signs the official visitor book for the Churchill Centre. Credit – Gareth Fuller / PA Wire
The red Arrows flypast as the end of the ceremony. Credit – Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Memorial Ambassador Ken Hay MBE reads the exhortation. Credit – Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Her Majesty The Queen speaks to D-Day veterans following the ceremony. Credit – Jane Barlow /PA Wire
The opening of the Winston Churchill Centre for Education Learning. Credit – Gareth Fuller/PA Wire The Winston Churchill Centre has been funded through a donation of £600,000 from the Normandy Memorial Trust’s principal sponsor, BAE Systems, alongside the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Calvados and the Seulles Terre et Mer Community of Communes. By Florence Marsac
The Chairman of Trustees, Lord Richard Dannatt, makes a short speech ahead of the official opening of the Winston Churchill Centre by Their Majesties The King and The Queen. By Florence Marsac
By Florence Marsac
Their Majesties The King and The Queen have a tour of the Centre led by Philippa Rawlinson, Director of Remembrance for Royal British Legion. Credit – Gareth Fuller / PA Wire
Normandy Veteran Alec Penstone takes a moment to reflect during his visit to the new Centre. By Florence Marsac
Circa 15 Veterans including Ambassadors Ken Hay MBE and Stan Ford gather in the new Centre. By Florence Marsac
