Caen Gallery

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip - D-Day Anniversary - Caen, Normandy

The Duke of Edinburgh stands behind the Queen as they wave to the crowd outside Hotel de Ville on today's arrival at Caen for the D-Day anniversary ceremonies. With them, the Mayor Jean-Marie Girault (right) and his wife Madame Girault

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Major John Howard DSO

Major John Howard DSO,1912-1999, who led a glider-borne assault on two bridges between Benouville and Ranville in Normandy, France, codenamed Operation Deadstick, on 6 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. These bridges spanned the Caen Canal and the adjacent River Orne (about 500 yards to the east), and were vitally important to the success of the D-Day landings. Since the war the bridge over the canal has become known as 'Pegasus Bridge', as a tribute to the men who captured it. The original Pegasus Bridge is in the background of the picture. It has now been replaced. First published Saga Magazine 1992 Date: 1992

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Queen Elizabeth II - D-Day Anniversary - Caen, Normandy

Queen Elizabeth II with Sen. Jean-Marie Girault (left), Mayor of Caen, by the tomb of William the Conqueror, in the Chapel of St Etienne, at the Abbey aux Hommes, Caen, as part of today's D-Day anniversary ceremonies. Also in this picture, the Duke of Edinburgh (second right), and Pere Brillaud

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