Bill Doherty and Bill Gladden at the 71st Normandy Commemorations, 5-7 June 2015.

The 71st Anniversary of the ‘D Day’ landings (Operation Overlord) brought 23 veterans and 37 of their family members to Normandy.

On 6 June the day’s events began with the Service of Remembrance in the Ranville Cemetery which started with the traditional welcome speech by the Mayor, M. Jean Luc Adelaide at the 13th Battalion Memorial at the Ranville crossroads.