as a former soldier, harry billinge would have done this thousands of times.on. marvellous. he was just a teenager when he was one of the first to land here in normandy on what the allies called gold beach. he wanted to come to the british memorial, for the very first time, and to see the names of some of the men who died on d—day and during the battles that followed. alexander. and up there, look — bates. bates. can you see him? yes. chiselled into the memorial�*s stone are the names of 22,442 people who were killed here during the summer of 1944. marvellous man. he got promoted to lance corporal. he was a sapper. but he was an elderly bloke to be over here, really. i think he was old enough to be my dad. harry's fundraising has been tireless. a regular fixture at par market near his home in cornwall, he has raised almost £40,000. and that dedication is recognised here on one of the walls. but typically, harry's reaction to seeing his name was to think of others. don't deserve that. i don't. we did it with all these wonderful men. thank you very much. can't b