Some of the last surviving veterans gathered in France on Saturday to mark the anniversary of D-Day, 82 years since the Allied landing in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Veterans will attend the annual Ceremony of Remembrance at the British Normandy Memorial.
Only six have confirmed their attendance this year, marking the smallest number present at the ceremony since the memorial opened in 2021.
Commemorations began with French schoolchildren walking across Juno Beach to mark H-Hour, the time at which British servicemen were deployed. The Jedburgh Pipe Band marched across Juno Beach to mark the military operation's 82nd anniversaryImage: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa/picture alliance
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