Thanks for the comments. Just watched the closing ceremony at the Bayeux British War Cemetery, I was there about 2010 with some friends and was amazed to see the comedian Eddie Izzard among the dignitaries. It turns out that the Normandy Veterans Association had run out of cash to send the veterans over to Normandy so they asked the government who refused to help. Eddie Izzard put his hand in his pocket and stumped up the cash!