Well I say Five, but of course there's me too, although I'm just the observer. It's my privilege to accompany five members of the Newport Branch (Cangen Casnewydd) of the Royal Naval Association to Hermanville-sur-Mer in Normandy, to pay homage to shipmates and comrades lost during the D Day Invasion in June 1944. Veterans, sons, history buffs - all ex-sailors and proud to be taking part in the 69th anniversary commemorations. As am I. I just hope I do their story justice...
Friday, 7 June 2013
Lunch with H.M.S.
We were invited to join members of the Hermanville HMS - Histoire Memoire Souvenir association - on the 6th. We arrived a little early, so we had a little aperitif...
The service at the Naval Memorial is organised by both the municipal council, and the local history association - Histoire Memoire Souvenire de Hermanville-sur-Mer. Jacques had invited us to meet up for a simple lunch, along with David Cottrell - without whom the monument wouldn't exist. It was a lovely get-together, and I even coped with my role as translator reasonably well!
From here we made our way to la Breche at Hermanville, for the service that inspired the trip.
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