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Zoe Head-Thomas

Commemorations to mark 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy begin

The Jedburgh Pipe Band lead walkers across Juno beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer to mark the D-Day anniversary (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Commemorations to mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy have started, with French schoolchildren walking across Juno Beach to mark H-Hour, the time at which British servicemen were deployed.

Serving military personnel, the grandson of British Commander Field Marshal Montgomery and pipers from the Jedburgh Pipe Band marched with the schoolchildren on Saturday morning.

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