British Normandy Memorial

The opening of the Memorial meant that the ambition of Normandy Veteran George Batts had been realised. The Normandy Memorial Trust’s founder Nicholas Witchell said it had been made possible by the Trust’s small but “hugely committed” team of Steven Dean (Project Manager) with Julie Verne and Sacha Marsac, supported by communication specialists Snappin’ Turtle, civil engineers Alan Baxter Ltd, surveyors Huntley Cartwright, sculptor David Williams-Ellis, specialist letter-cutter Richard Kindersley, Veteran fundraiser Harry Billinge and many, many others.

“Our hope now” said Witchell, “is that the British Normandy Memorial can be a place where the sacrifices of 1944 can be remembered and understood by people from many nations for many generations to come.”