D-Day veteran opens new exhibition at the Jersey War Tunnels

31/08/2022

D-Day veteran opens new exhibition at the Jersey War Tunnels

One of Jersey's last surviving D-Day veterans has opened a new exhibition at the war tunnels, which he hopes will keep the story of what happened on 6 June 1944 alive forever.

Billy Reynolds, aged 99, was one of the thousands of soldiers who took part in the Normandy landings during the Second World War.

Speaking to ITV Channel TV, his daughter Jacquie Reynolds, said: "These men were out there risking their lives for us to have this nice life now.

"People don't always remember what they went through and for years we didn't talk about it at home, but it's lovely now that dad can talk about what happened and doesn't feel like he has to hide it all.