Names of 13 veterans from 12 countries to be added to Normandy Memorial Wall
The names of 13 veterans from 12 allied countries are being added to the Normandy Memorial Wall to mark 100 days until the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
British veterans Stan Ford and John Roberts will be presented with their plaques at The D-Day Story in Southsea, Hampshire, on Tuesday before they are added to the wall which commemorates all those involved in the key Second World War battle.
Mr Roberts, who was in the Royal Navy from 1938 to 1978 and reached the rank of rear admiral, served on board HMS Serapis which was at the front of the D-Day convoy arriving at Sword Beach at 7.30am on positions along the coast for 11 days.
