![]() Joe, alongside his friend late Veteran Leslie Dobinson, talking about the location of the Memorial back in June 2017. “The British public should have a great concern & interest in this Memorial.” He continues to campaign for ongoing support of the Memorial to ensure that his fallen comrades are never forgotten. D-day veterans at the service of remembrance at Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy on Saturday. In 2019 he was present at the inauguration of the British Normandy Memorial, after having been appointed Ambassador. In 2014, he also began visiting Eindhoven as part of the Market Garden commemorations. Joe’s life changed when he joined the group D-Day Revisited to return to Normandy for the 70th Anniversary. The operation began the liberation of France. The late 1950s with his daughters Frances and Marian. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Joe married Mary in 1949 and had three children – Dominic, Frances and Marian. Inaugurated back in June, 2014, the Airborne. Later, Joe fought through the ‘bocage’ area, with his regiment fighting its way across the heavily defended terrain. The Airborne wall memorial has been erected to pay tribute to the men who fought during the Second World War. He was initially involved in the action at Luc-sur-Mer and then at Ver-sur-Mer, the location of the British Normandy Memorial. On D-Day he landed on Gold Beach as a Bombardier in the 86th Field Regiment RA of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry. US World War II veteran Carl Mann, from Indiana, is buried at Arlington National Cemetery on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Arlington, Virginia US. Joe with his father in Tuscany, Italy, aged 7. Involving the largest armada of ships ever assembled, and more than 10,000 supporting. DDay and the battle of Normandy marked the first step in the Allied liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation during the Second World War. This is likely to take place on the afternoon of 6th June and may involve restrictions to public access to the Memorial. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the DDay landings in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. at Southsea beach during the commemorations for the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Portsmouth, Britain, 05 June 2014. His parents’ cafe was just yards away in Elm Terrace. The French authorities have announced that the annual ‘International Event’ and commemoration of D-Day will take place this year at the British Normandy Memorial. It was a day of pride, remembrance and honors for those who waded through. He was born in Gray’s Inn Road, close to Little Italy, but grew up in Constantine Road, Hampstead. On this special occasion, the Trust is delighted to share pictures from the family archives, kindly shared by Joe’s daughter, Fran Bradshaw.Īlberto Giuseppe Antonio Cattini was the eldest of four boys. Joe became a centenarian on 17 January 2023 and received a birthday card from His Majesty The King. The Trust wishes D-Day Veteran and Memorial Ambassador Joe Cattini a very Happy 100th Birthday. For the 76th anniversary of D-Day, the Trust shares one of Mervyn’s most evocative poems on the subject of war and remembrance: Vigilance. The rest of us followed the next day down to Gosport. D-Day Veteran and Ambassador Joe Cattini Turns 100 When they left our camp we knew D-Day was about to start or had already started. ![]()
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