Anniversaries

This year D-Day Revisited made its 10th consecutive veterans’ pilgrimage to Normandy alongside 30 men and women who landed here 74 years ago. It seems like only yesterday we were…

It became clear after the 72nd anniversary commemorations that a huge highlight for the veterans had been the special guest we received at Southwick House. So during the planning stages…

Looking ahead to the 72nd anniversary, the peak attention the veterans enjoyed at the 70th anniversary in June 2014 seemed a distant memory. As planning progressed, it seemed our 2016…

Planning for the 71st anniversary was obviously a great deal easier than for the grand event the previous year. Without the Royal family and all those Heads of State, it…

Sunday 1st to Monday 9th June 2014 In some ways the 70th Anniversary had started four weeks earlier for us on Sunday 3rd May, with the launch of the Millin-Montgomery…

Sunday 2nd to Sunday 9th June 2013 After all the usual late changes in the run up to departure, our two coaches set off from the North West of England…

Saturday 2nd to Friday 8th June 2012 D-Day Revisited 2012 Group at Bletchley Park This year we started the event with a visit to the historic code-breaking centre at Bletchley…

Friday 4th to Wednesday 9th June 2013 On the morning of 4th June 2010 the D-Day Revisited group left the Northwest on three coaches bound for Normandy. The group consisted…

Wednesday 3rd to Tuesday 9th June 2009 D-Day Revisited 2009 Group at Colleville Montgomery On the morning of 3rd June 2009 the D-Day Revisited group left Ellesmere Port bound for…