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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…

The 70th anniversary events in Normandy were momentous and certainly captured the attention of world media. So once we returned home (and after a big sleep!) we began to think…

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…

ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION: SWORD BEACH & COLLEVILLE-MONTGOMERY Tuesday 3rd June. At 10am the D-Day Revisited Group of Normandy Veterans visited the Portsmouth D-Day Museum. John Millin was especially welcomed by…

THE FINAL CEREMONY OMAHA BEACH According to the original plan the 70th Anniversary Voyage was over, complete. The Millin-Montgomery Pipes had been played in and out of twenty one ports…

THE FINAL STAGE – ARRIVAL INTO PORTSMOUTH’S HISTORIC DOCKYARD Due to increasingly demanding needs of the forthcoming 70th Anniversary Normandy Week, the Millin-Montgomery Voyage was faced with the need for…

DARTMOUTH: TRIBUTE TO THE 946 OF OPERATION TIGER The 26th of May was a fine Bank Holiday Monday, with a fairly clear sky and calm sea conditions. The former WW2…