D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations continue tonight in awe-inspiring scenes in Normandy
Commemorations celebrating the 80th anniversary of D-Day have continued tonight in awe-inspiring scenes taking place in Normandy.
Events continued well into the evening in the French seaside town as soldiers, veterans, officials and members of the public gathered for remembrance events in England and France.
A vigil for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil took place at the Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy, while across the Channel a drone display lit up the skies above the coastline in Portsmouth.
Earlier in the day bagpipers from France, Germany and the UK united to play their instruments during a procession from Bayeux Cathedral ahead of today’s vigil.
Heartwarming images have shown veterans celebrating with loved ones and remembering their fallen comrades in the lead up to the anniversary of the Normandy landings of June 1944.
Some of the 4,600 headstones lit up during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil at the Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy
D-Day veteran Sergeant Richard Brock gives a reading during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
Drones spell out ‘I can remember’ during a drone display telling the story of D-Day above the coastline in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Royal Marine Cadet Corporal Madison Grace sets the Torch of Commemoration in place at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
The Guard of Honour stand silent as 4,600 headstones are lit up during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
Canadian Army Warrrant Officer Christopher Astley, reading the last letter home from Leslie Neufeld of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
A headstone for an unknown soldier is lit up during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
Drones make a Spitfire during a drone display telling the story of D-Day above the coastline in Portsmouth
Singer songwriter Jack Savoretti sings during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
A beacon for D-Day 80th anniversary burns at Selkirk War Memorial
84-year-old Arlette Gondree speaking outside Cafe Gondree, near Pegasus Bridge, ahead of giving a champagne toast to D-Day veterans, marking the exact moment 80 years ago that British troops entered her family’s cafe in Benouville, Normandy
D-Day veteran Sergeant Richard Brock sits in front of some of the 4,600 lit headstones during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
The Torch of Commemoration lit up during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
Drones make a bird shape during a drone display telling the story of D-Day above the coastline in Portsmouth
International pipers from France, Germany and the United Kingdom play their instruments during a procession from Bayeux Cathedral to the Great Vigil
Anthea Ionides, the daughter of naval intelligence commando Theodore Ionides, gives a reading about losing her father, during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
The Torch of Commemoration burns bright at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
Actress Katherine Parkinson reads a letter, from Captain Derek Taylor to the mother of Norman Harry Bottoms of the Royal Artillery, during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
The Torch of Commemoration carried by Cadet Corporal Madison Grace at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
A member of the military walks through a row headstones lit up during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
Poet Lemn Sissay reads a his poem during the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Great Vigil
French President Emmanuel Macron and Bernard Duval, a survivor of the 1944 Caen prison massacre, attend a ceremony at the Caen prison to pay tribute to French Resistance fighters
French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron and Bernard Duval
Emmanuel Macron and Bernard Duval, a survivor of the 1944 Caen prison massacre, attend a ceremony at the Caen prison to pay tribute to French Resistance fighters in Caen
International pipers from France, Germany and the United Kingdom march during a procession from Bayeux Cathedral to the Great Vigil
Emmanuel Macron (C) and France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron (R) greet French army officer Laurent Michon as they arrive to attend a ceremony to pay tribute to civilian war casualties in Saint-Lo, northwestern France
Soldiers take part in the 80th D-Day anniversary commemorations in Colleville-Montgomery, honoring the sailors and soldiers who landed on June 6, 1944
International pipers from France, Germany and the United Kingdom play their instruments during a procession from Bayeux Cathedral
Willys Jeeps line the beach in Arromanches-les-Bains, northwestern France
Dutch troops drink a shot of liquor before running into the sea, during a ceremony on the beach at Arromanches-les-Bains
