D Day veteran Henry Rice prepares to throw wreath in sight of French coast

D-Day veteran Henry Rice and Brittany Ferries engineer Manon Fouace prepare to throw commemorative wreath in sight of French coastline. In presence of priest and Commonwealth War Graves Commission lantern of remembrance.

Mr Rice was one of 15 veterans travelling to France with Brittany Ferries this year, compared with 32 last year. He and five other veterans were treated as the VVIPs they are, on board Brittany Ferries Barfleur, which sails from Poole to Cherbourg. Others travelled to France on the Portsmouth to Ouistreham service. The D Day beaches stretch from the Cherbourg peninsula to Ouistreham, the eastern extremity of Sword Beach.

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Picture credit: Spirit of Normandy Trust.