D-Day 80th Anniversary

At 8am on Thursday, 6 June 2024 on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings Marlborough Town Council paid tribute to those who landed and fought in Normandy on 6 June 1944.

Town Crier Emma Kimber read the Proclamation honouring those who successfully stormed the Normandy beaches accompanied by the Town Mayor of Marlborough, Councillor Kym-Marie Cleasby and the Town Beadle, Linda Illsley.

Later, Marlborough Town Council and the residents of Marlborough and Manton paid tribute to all of those who fought in a ceremony at Marlborough Common.

The evening began with songs from the era, beautifully sung by The Bluebelles.  The Town Mayor welcomed everyone to the ceremony and Rev. Chris Smith said a prayer.  At 9.15pm, along with hundreds of other beacons across the country, Deputy Lieutenant Charles Bartholomew lit Marlborough's Beacon, which burned magnificently while the Town Mayor read The International Tribute.  The ceremony closed with a piece by Piper Lance Corporal Bowtell.

Thank you to all of you who attended the Beacon Lighting ceremony. We hope you'll agree it was a fitting and poignant commemoration to all of those involved and affected by D-Day.

Town Mayor, Councillor Kym-Marie Cleasby supported by Beadle Linda Illsley and Town Crier Emma Kimber

The Town Crier reads the proclamation

The Mayoral party makes its way to the Common

The Bluebelles

A welcome from the Mayor

Rev Chris Smith reads a prayer

Deputy Lieutenant Charles Bartholomew lights the beacon

The Mayor with Deputy Lieutenant Charles Bartholomew

Town Crier with a D-Day Veteran

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