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National D-Day 80 Commemorative Event in Portsmouth in Pictures

The main stage on 5th June 2024, the date that many soldiers set off from Portsmouth, an event on Southsea Common saw thousands of members of the public join D-Day veterans and VIP guests to mark the anniversary. Hosted by Dame Helen Mirren, it features tributes, readings, performances and more, with many special guests expected to grace the specially erected stage on Southsea Common. Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024

The Ministry of Defence hosted the UK’s National commemorative event for the 80th anniversary for D-Day on Southsea Common in Portsmouth.

HM The King, the Prime Minister, special guests, members of the public and hundreds of local schoolchildren attended the spectacular cultural commemoration, which was broadcast live on BBC One. The official UK commemorations comprised a national commemorative event in Portsmouth and a vigil at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Bayeux War Cemetery on 5 June, as well as services at the cemetery and at Bayeux Cathedral. On 6 June, The King and President Macron gathered at the British Normandy Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary.

D-Day Veteran Alfred Littlefield being interviewed at the event on Southsea Common to mark the D-Day anniversary.
Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024
The RAF Red Arrows performed a flypast over Portsmouth for the D-Day 80th anniversary. The Royal Air Force Aerobatic display team were joined by the Typhoon display pilot, Flight Lieutenant David ‘Turbo’ Turnbull in his Typhoon FGR4 as the Red Arrows led the flypast over the city for all to see.
Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024
Image of cadets waving Union Jack flags at the D-Day 80 anniversary commemorations held on Southsea Common in Portsmouth.
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His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen on 5th June, the date that many soldiers set off from Portsmouth, an event on Southsea Common saw thousands of members of the public join D-Day veterans and VIP guests to mark the anniversary.
Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024
A Household Divison Drummer on 5th June, as thousands of members of the public join D-Day veterans and VIP guests to mark the anniversary. The Normandy Landings were the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. The invasion, codenamed Operation Neptune, was a combined naval, land and air assault on Nazi-occupied France.
Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024
The Combined Cadet Force show their support for veterans on 5th June.
Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024
RAF veteran John Trottman DFC and Bar.
Identified by their blue berets, RAF ties and campaign medals, surviving airmen who took part in Operation OVERLORD joined fellow D-Day veterans in Portsmouth on 5th June.
Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024
Image of the Red Arrows performing a flypast for the D-Day 80 anniversary commemorations held on Southsea Common in Portsmouth.
Image: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024

 

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