Dartford Council supports
Normandy Veterans
Dartford Borough Council is to provide financial
support to local veterans wishing to revisit the site
of the D-day landings in 2009.
The borough has several veterans from the
Normandy landings and the grant will...
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Dartford Council supports
Normandy Veterans
Dartford Borough Council is to provide financial
support to local veterans wishing to revisit the site
of the D-day landings in 2009.
The borough has several veterans from the
Normandy landings and the grant will support a
return to the north France coast to commemorate
the 65th anniversary of the landings
The decision to offer support, through the Kent
branch of the Normandy Veterans Association,
follows the withdrawal of financial support by the
government for overseas visits after the 60th
anniversary in 2004.
Jeremy Kite, Leader of
Dartford Borough Council, says we should all
remember the sacrifices of past wars and
commemorate those who fought for our
freedoms.
“We’ve stepped in to support our veterans because
we find it completely unacceptable that
remembrance should have what seems to be a
‘best before date’.
The Normandy Veterans
Association does a marvellous job for our old
heroes and this is a small way in which we can
repay the
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