13250D-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.
Chris Hellings, 81, who fought in the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry, said: "I went on the 50th anniversary, it was so moving I choked. There were signposts to the places where I had fought and where I landed and it all built up," he said.
Allan Gullis, 80, who served in the Royal Army Service Corps, is returning for the first time to Sword Beach where he landed 60 years ago.
Cliff James, 83, who served in the Royal Artillery said: "I went to the 50th anniversary and I have been back four or five times since then."
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