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Today we mark the 78th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history. Over the last few years I have been meeting and painting these extraordinary heroes. #DDay #DDay78 #OnThisDay
Jack Quinn, 97, served in the Royal Marines as a Corporal. He was coxswain in an amphibious craft delivering frogmen in the early hours of D-Day on Gold Beach. On the night of D-Day, Jack defied his Major's orders to help rescue a French boat on fire. #DDay78
My Portrait of D-Day Veteran Patrick Thomas, who was telegraphist in the Royal Navy. He boarded a craft in Portsmouth as thousands of vessels and tens of thousands of soldiers prepared for the day that changed history. #DDay78 @johnphillips185 #NoRosesOnaSailorsGrave
Very sad to hear the news that my friend & D-Day veteran Harry Billinge MBE has passed away. He was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Normandy campaign. Remember what he fought for, our freedoms🙌🏽 #HarryBillinge
Very sad to hear the news that my friend & D-Day veteran Harry Billinge MBE has passed away. He was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Normandy campaign. He was 18 yrs old & part of a special team of Royal Engineers. #harrybillinge @Proud_Sappers
Very sad to hear the news that my friend & D-Day veteran Harry Billinge MBE has passed away. He was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Normandy campaign. He was 18 yrs old & part of a special team of Royal Engineers. #harrybillinge @Proud_Sappers
My portrait of D-Day Veteran Harry Billinge MBE | @Proud_Sappers
Help the children and get a beautiful print in return! I have decided to sell prints of my artwork to help raise funds to support the children who are caught in current violence in Ukraine https://t.co/Enoa4pUDZU No child should ever suffer… #Ukriane #ChildrenOfUkraine
George Skipper was a D-Day veteran landing on Gold Beach, June 6 1944 and was honoured in 2015 with the Légion d’honneur by the French government for veterans who had fought and risked their lives to secure France’s liberation in World War 2. @RHChelsea #Veterans #DDay78