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Old 06-06-21, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mike_vee View Post
A memorial honouring soldiers who died under British command on D-Day - and in the fighting that followed - has been unveiled in France on the 77th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

The British Normandy Memorial records the names of the 22,442 people who were killed on D-Day and at the Battle of Normandy.

https://www.britishnormandymemorial.org/
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Being a pedant (not aimed at op. as he’s only quoting the BBC article)

should read ‘lost their lives on D-Day and in the battle FOR Normandy’.

We will remember them.

Last edited by crest-insignia; 06-06-21 at 12:21 PM. Reason: typo
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