13259/3D-DAY MEMORIES: WILTSHIRE war heroes will be storming the beaches of Normandy again to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day this weekend.
More than 4,500 men and woman died in the invasion of Northern France on June 6 1944, a battle that marked a turning point in the Second World War.
The 60 or so Wiltshire men and women, who will be going over in Royal British Legion and Veterans' Association coaches, will join thousands of D-Day survivors from the UK and other allied countries including America and Canada, to remember the dead.
Former Devizes town and district councillor Pete Cousins is going to the celebrations as a member of the Swindon branch of the Tank Landing Craft Association and will be take part in memorial services, parades and march pasts .
Mr Cousins, 77, of Brickley Lane, is not a D-Day veteran but served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Middle East. He said: "Landing craft, of course, played an important part in the Normandy invasion and we are taking part this weekend to pay tribute to the many thousands of Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives to save civilisation."
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