D-Day veterans leave Portsmouth for Normandy - as it happened

Portsmouth Remembers: D-Day 80

Tuesday, 4 June 2024 - 13 minutes

Our roving reporter Darren Gamblen was near Clarence Pier as a Brittany ferry carrying around forty veterans left for Normandy, saluted by an escort of warships and other military vessels.

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