On the 77th anniversary of the D-Day landings, 6th June 2021, the long awaited British Normandy Memorial has now been officially opened.

The memorial honours soldiers who died under British Command on D-Day and in the fighting that followed.

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

It has been built at a cost of £30m and is situated in Ver-sur-Mer on a hillside overlooking Gold Beach, one of three beaches where forces from Britain, the US, Canada and France landed to begin the liberation of Western Europe in 1944.

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The impressive and breathtaking memorial has 160 stone columns inscribed with the names of the fallen heroes and incorporates a bronze sculpture of three charging infantrymen.

The memorial website can be found at britishnormandymemorial.org and includes a full Roll of Honour database, the story of the making of the memorial and a phone app:

“The ‘British Normandy Memorial’ app is designed to accompany you as you make your way around the Memorial site; a virtual tour guide to help enhance your experience. You can also use the app to plan your future visit or simply learn more about the Memorial and its story from wherever you are.“