D-Day | B.O.W.U International Association

PROGRAMMING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The detailed programme is reserved for members

Sunday 2 June

| Morning - 8:00am

| Evening - From 5.00 pm

Opening night of the ceremonies (Colleville-Montgomery) : Mass band and evening concert

Monday 3 June

| Morning - 10:30am

| Afternoon - 2:30pm

| Evening - 6:30pm

Tuesday 4 June

| Morning - 10:00am

Ceremony at Ranville British Cemetery. Tribute to the Piron Brigade (Belgian) and British soldiers.
100 military and armoured vehicles present.

| Evening - 10:30pm

CWCG vigil. 25,000 lanterns placed on Normandy Commonwealth graves. A solemn evening at the British cemetery in Hermanville-sur-mer.

Wednesday 5 June

| Morning - 9:00am

Ceremony at the Pegasus Memorial in tribute to the 6th Airborne Division and veterans.

| Afternoon - 3:30pm

International pipe & drums parade. Aubade at the Bill Millin statue
Ceremony in tribute to No. 4 Commando at Hermanville-sur-mer British War Cemetery

| Evening - 11:30pm

Midnight Ceremony in Bénouville in tribute to Major John Howard and his men. Musical fireworks with pipes & drums. Freedom Parade over Pegasus Bridge by night

Thursday 6 June

| Morning - 7:00am

Parade and ceremony on Sword Beach
Opening of the Sword Beach commando march. With the commandos of the French Navy
Ceremony at Bénouville cemetery
Parade with the military corps of the French Navy & the former members of the Bagad de Lann Bihoué
Military parade on Pegasus Bridge and ceremony

| Afternoon & Evening - From 10:30am

Friday 7 June

| Afternoon - 2:00pm

Ceremony in honor of Private Sidney Wilkins
(6th Airborne Division) in Escoville and Hérouvilette, in the presence of his family.

Sathurday 8 June

| Morning - 9:30am

Parade with vintage vehicles from the Friends of Suffolk: Departure from the Hillman site, Colleville-Montgomery to the Promenade de la Paix, Ouistreham.

| Afternoon - 3:00pm

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