Jim Miller, 100, crossed the Channel on an American ship and landed on Normandy's shores at the age of 20
Jim Miller, 100, crossed the Channel on an American ship and landed on Normandy's shores at the age of 20
He added: “I am humbled to reach such a great number, especially when I think of those who fell on the Normandy beaches all those years ago.”will be attending commemoration events in the UK and France for the 80th anniversary of the 6 June, 1944 D-Day landings next week. While 23 surviving British D-Day veterans will travel to Normandy, 21 veterans, including Mr Miller, are expected to attend an event at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.The King, who is the patron of the Royal British Legion, also plans to travel to France for a commemoration event at the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer.
She was 16 when she volunteered for the British Red Cross as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse at Portsmouth, the headquarters for the military units set to land on Normandy’s Sword Beach. “I was 16 years and eight months old. I joined our local Red Cross division when I was 15, Hans 28 its title.” “It was after midday when the full story emerged. My commandant burst into the office and said ‘Beaven, you must get permission to go home at once, put on your Red Cross uniform and report to the matron at Queen Alexandra’s Hospital.”“I soon found out they contained either four or six soldiers lying on stretchers in shelf-like fashion. These were the first exhaustion cases back from the French beaches.
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