Publish date: 3 June 2024
Today, 6 June marks 80th D-Day anniversary.
We remember those who stormed the beaches of Normandy 80 years ago. Their courage and sacrifice changed the course of history
Liverpool will come together to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings with a series of poignant events.
The city will reflect on the historic manoeuvres of 6 June 1944, marking the beginning of the Battle of Normandy, or Operation Overlord, commonly known as D-Day.
This monumental event remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving approximately 160,000 troops crossing the English Channel in a single day. The invasion resulted in an estimated 10,000 Allied casualties.
Please see the drop downs below for events taking place this week to mark D-Day 80.
Service to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy Veterans Memorial in St John’s Gardens, Liverpool.
Timings:
- 11am - Standard Bearers to muster
- 11am to 11.30am - Public to arrive
- 11.55am - Standard Bearers to march on
- 12pm - Service of Commemoration
- 12.20pm - Laying of wreaths
- 12.45pm -Service concludes
Dresscode : Lounge Suit/Day Dress/Uniform (Medals) to be worn by those taking part in the service
Lighting of Beacon at St Georges Hall, to include the reading of the International Tribute and the lighting of the Lamp Light of Peace.
Timings:
- 9.15pm - Public to have mustered
- 9.30pm - Lighting of the Beacon
Timings:
- 12.20pm - Muster in Copperas Hill, Liverpool L3 5UL
- 12.45pm - Parade Set and the National Anthem will be played
- 12.55pm - Parade Steps Off (the Route is approx. 1.2miles downhill and will take approx. 25 minutes
- 1.25pm to 1.35pm Approx - Parade Halts in Royal Albert Dock and forms Hollow Square outside Martin Luther King Jr Building (formerly Granada TV)
- 1.45pm to 2.00pm Approx - Short Service to mark 80th Anniversary Commences
- 2.20 pm Approx - Service concludes and participants disperse.
