British Normandy Memorial 

The British Normandy Memorial was officially opened on 6 June 2021 by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, now of course His Majesty King Charles III, in his role as Royal Patron of the Normandy Memorial Trust.

The British Normandy Memorial is on a hillside overlooking Gold Beach and records the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day, and during the subsequent Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944. Gold Beach was oneof the 5 beaches assaulted on D-Day and was the objective of the British 50th Infantry Division. 

The British Army sustained c 1020 casualties on Gold Beach, of whom a third (1,050) were killed. Some 60 Commonwealth Air Forces personnel, and some 20 Royal Navy personnel were also killed. Around 1,000 Germans were taken prisoner; the numbers of Germans killed is not known. 

People from more than 30 nations are commemorated here;  their names are inscribed in stone for perpetuity.

The site also includes a French Memorial, dedicated to the memory of the many brave French civilians who died during this time of heavy fighting in the efforts to liberate France.