WHO ARE WE?
D-Day Revisited was first established in October 2008 for the primary purpose of funding a 65th anniversary visit by British Armed Forces Veterans to the Normandy Landings Sites and surrounding region. Now a registered Charity, we aim to run similar pilgrimages each year leading up to the 70th Anniversary. At the same time we provide a forum where World War II veterans can record and share their experiences with younger generations. The D-Day Revisited team continues to brainstorm to find ways of improving awareness amongst younger generations about what these men achieved and sacrificed.
The D-Day Landings in June 1944 remain the largest seaborne landings in world history. Thousands of lives were lost in this massive offensive, and we hope to pay some small tribute to the boys who never came home by ensuring they are not forgotten.
In June 2009 we took a group of 86 veterans, medics, carers and family members to Normandy for the 65th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings. It was a great success so we took a group of 150 this year and we are now making arrangements for our 2011 pilgrimage... and before you ask, we feel that since these men didn't have to pay for their first visit to Normandy in 1944, they shouldn't have to pay now!
These trips are so personally important for World War II Veterans who survived and made promises that they would make that journey and take the time to remember their fallen comrades.
