Official Opening Of The British Normandy Memorial

VER-SUR-MER, FRANCE - JUNE 06: American Veteran Charles Shay, 96, looks around the The British Normandy Memorial during it's official opening on the 77th anniversary of D-Day on June 06, 2021 in Ver-sur-Mer Normandy, France. Charles was one of only two D-Day Veterans present at this years D-Day Anniversary, with extensive travel restrictions in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic preventing many from traveling. The British Normandy Memorial, officially opened today, is inscribed with the names of 22,442 men and women who lost their lives during the invasion of France in the summer of 1944 and is the first memorial in Normandy to commemorate those who fell under British Command. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images for Normandy Memorial Trust)