Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of D Day

There will be a lunchtime and an evening event as follows: 12.30pm for 1pm at Chiltern View Garden Centre; and 6.30pm for 7pm at Weston Turville Village Hall. Both events will have the same programme, which will allow those working during the day to attend the commemoration. Our thanks to Chiltern View Nursery and the Weston Turville Parish council for sponsoring the day’s events. The event programme will be as follows: A brief act of remembrance, followed by Lt Col Derek Plews (retired) Irish Regiment talking about the contribution made by Buckinghamshire military personnel on D Day. The event will continue with news footage of the D Day landings and the Normandy Campaign which was the beginning of the end of Nazism and World War II. Light refreshments will then be served, accompanied by music of the 40’s. Colonel Pews, Chairman of the Buckinghamshire Military Archive, will be displaying interesting memorabilia from the Archive. We expect that many who attend the day’s events will be descendants of those who served on D Day. During the buffet there will be an opportunity to mingle and share stories of family members who landed on Sword Beach and took part in the Normandy landings.