Normandy veterans pose for photos during an event hosted by the Spirit of Normandy Trust and D-Day Revisited at Southwick House, the nerve centre of D-Day operations 80 years ago, near Portsmouth. On Tuesday the veterans from D-Day and Normandy will travel by ferry to France to take part in commemorations to mark the anniversary on Thursday.

Normandy veterans pose for photos during an event hosted by the Spirit of Normandy Trust and D-Day Revisited at Southwick House, the nerve centre of D-Day operations 80 years ago, near Portsmouth. On Tuesday the veterans from D-Day and Normandy will travel by ferry to France to take part in commemorations to mark the anniversary on Thursday.