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For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we share stories to remember the service of Commonwealth nations and Allies who fought and died.
The Royal British Legion has taken a 5-foot-high installation to the beach in Normandy where British soldiers landed as part of Operation Overlord.
In the Second World War June Denby was employed as a driver. And a month after the D-Day landings, she found herself on the way to France.
Norman Penny served in the Royal Signals at D-Day, working on mobile landing strips for aircraft.
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Despite the minute attention to detail that went into planning Operation Overlord, the weather was always going to be out of control of those in command.
Aged 17 Dennis Alcock lied about his age to join the Royal Navy and fight in the Second World War.
Jack Smith joined the Royal Marines in 1942 when he was only 17. Two years later he was one of thousands of Allied troops taking part in D-Day.
In the Second World War Frank Preston was an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy and served alongside troops from over 12 countries on D-Day.
Photographer Stuart Wood talks about the inspiration behind his project to capture the memories and experiences of D-Day veterans.
On 6 June 1944 Allied forces launched the largest seaborne invasion in history. Here are 10 things you might not know about the operation that we know as D-Day.
An installation featuring 20,000 poppies, each with a hand-written message of remembrance, has landed in Arromanches, Normandy for D-Day 75.
The casualties at Omaha Beach were far higher than the other Normandy landing beaches, and it would later become known as “bloody Omaha”.
A young Royal Marine and coxswain of a landing craft on D-Day recalled bringing a cargo of military cooks into Gold Beach just hours after the initial landings.
