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« Last post by SteveH on April 21, 2024, 09:58:42 am »D-Day 80: Servicemen silhouettes assembled near Gold Beach
Silhouettes representing almost 1,500 servicemen who died on D-Day have been assembled at a French museum.
To commemorate 80 years since the Normandy landings, the figures travelled from a workshop in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, to the British Normandy Museum.
The figures overlook Gold Beach, one of the key landing points.
They were transported via Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and Fort Nelson, near Fareham in Hampshire.
The 80th anniversary of D-Day falls on 6 June.
cont plus photos https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68853855
Silhouettes representing almost 1,500 servicemen who died on D-Day have been assembled at a French museum.
To commemorate 80 years since the Normandy landings, the figures travelled from a workshop in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, to the British Normandy Museum.
The figures overlook Gold Beach, one of the key landing points.
They were transported via Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and Fort Nelson, near Fareham in Hampshire.
The 80th anniversary of D-Day falls on 6 June.
cont plus photos https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68853855