Dunkirk veterans mark anniversary

Second World War veterans have set sail from Dover to cross the English Channel to Dunkirk for a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the evacuation.

The former troops and their families were given a rousing send-off, with a performance from the Parachute Regimental Band and a chorus of Jerusalem from a Royal Choral Society choir.

A Spitfire and a Hurricane aircraft performed a military fly-past, soaring through the grey sky above the ferry as it made its way to northern France, while a flotilla of "little ships" involved in the evacuation set sail from Ramsgate in Kent to join Norfolk Line's Maersk Dover on the French coast.

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