Events marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day will be taking place along the Yorkshire Coast today.
Among them will be series of beacon lightings this evening.
One will be at Danby where Beacon Trust Secretary Rita Redstone says local school children will be involved in a day of activities.
Local school children taking part in the day of activities will be reading a special poem at schools at
- Castleton County Primary School
- Danby Church of England Primary School
- Lealholm Primary School
- Glaisdale Primary School
- Egton Church of England Primary School
- Goathland Primary School
- Esklets Pre School Danby
At 6.30pm Church Bells will ring out at Christ Church Westerdale, St. Hilda’s Danby, St. Michael and St. George Castleton.
At 9.10pm, as night descends - and just before the beacons ignite - the resonant sound of bagpipes will be heard at Danby Beacon.
Rita says it was important to get the local schools involved.
Danby Beacon will be lit at 9.15pm by Lady Downe and the tribute will be read by Wing Commander Thomas Colledge MSc RAF
Other beacons will be lit along the Yorkshire Coast including at
- Brompton-on-Swale
- Cayton
- Hornsea
- Robin Hood's Bay
- Scarborough Rugby Club
Bruno Peek CVO OBE OPR Pageantmaster of D-Day80, and of the 80-day countdown to June 6, 2024, says;
“In 1944 Allied forces mounted the largest amphibious invasion the world has ever witnessed.
Operation Overlord, D-Day, saw over 5,000 ships and landing craft set down more than 150,000 troops on the five Normandy beaches that would bring about the liberation of north-west Europe from Nazi occupation. "
"In order to commemorate the peace and freedom given to us through the bravery and ultimate sacrifice of so many thousands involved in the D-Day landings, and throughout the whole of WW2, beacons and Lamp Lights of Peace will be lit across the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories - and in a very poignant and unique gesture, special Lamp Lights of Peace lamps will be lit on each of the five beaches in Normandy, at 9.15pm local time that night, to coincide with the lighting of beacons."
There is more information about the D-Day 80 Beacons at https://www.d-day80beacons.co.uk/
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