Normandy 80th Commemorations - 6th Airborne

Morning departure from London for Portsmouth for our ferry crossing with dinner to Normandy. Overnight.

Breakfast. This morning to ‘Le Mesnil’ crossroads; action by the Canadians and 8 Para of the 3rd Para Brigade. After a Remembrance service we visit the Memorial Pegasus Museum and Pegasus Bridge. Packed lunch. Afternoon to Breville, the Merville Battery and the Chateau St Come. Remembrance services before returning to Cabourg. Overnight

Breakfast. Visit Ranville for a special ceremony with the Mayor at the 13th Parachute Battalion Memorial, followed by Mass at Ranville Church and the commemorative service in the CWGC Airborne Cemetery. Dinner and overnight

Breakfast. This morning we will visit the new British Normandy Memorial which records the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944. Packed lunch and then afterwards a visit to Putot-en-Auge for a Remembrance Service. Overnight

Breakfast. Morning departure from our hotel for our return sailing, arriving back in London late afternoon.