{"id":12295,"date":"2024-05-01T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seanbowen.co.uk\/dev\/bnm\/british-normandy-memorial\/?page_id=12295"},"modified":"2024-05-14T20:19:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:19:18","slug":"winston-churchill-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.seanbowen.co.uk\/dev\/bnm\/british-normandy-memorial\/winston-churchill-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Winston Churchill Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Image: Lord Richard Dannatt, Chair of Normandy Memorial Trust, and Cressida Hogg, Chair of BAE Systems at the Memorial. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Credit: BAE Systems)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Normandy Memorial Trust announces second phase of project with construction of the \u2018Winston Churchill Centre for Education and Learning\u2019 on site of British Normandy Memorial.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Left to Right: Thierry Ozenne, President Seulles Terre et Mer (STM) ,Jo Hawley, deputy trade commissioner Europe, Caitlin Hayden, Group Communications Director at BAE Systems, C\u00e9dric Nouvelot, Conseiller R\u00e9gional et Vice-Pr\u00e9sident du D\u00e9partement du Calvados, Cressida Hogg, Chair of BAE Systems, Lord Richard Dannatt, Chair of Normandy Memorial Trust, Gabby Costigan, Group Managing Director, Business Development for BAE Systems, St\u00e9phane Jacquet, Vice-Pr\u00e9sident STM et Pr\u00e9sident Gold Beach Tourism Office<\/p>\n

Construction has begun on \u2018The Winston Churchill Centre for Education and Learning\u2019<\/strong> which is set to open on 6 June 2024, the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On Tuesday 16 January, the moment was marked with the \u2018breaking of ground\u2019 at the Memorial site in the presence of Cressida Hogg, Chair of BAE Systems, Lord Richard Dannatt, Chair of Normandy Memorial Trust as well as representatives from British Embassy, Paris, Seulles Terre et Mer (confederation of 28 communes) and Commonwealth War Graves Commission.<\/p>\n

Barker Langham is the agency responsible for the design of the Centre.<\/p>\n

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Illustrative image of the completed Centre. Credit: British Normandy Memorial \/ Barker Langham<\/p>\n

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This is an historic milestone in the evolution of the Memorial project. The creation of the Centre will fulfil the Trust\u2019s ambition to allow future generations to learn from the events of summer 1944 and keep alive the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n

The Winston Churchill Centre has been funded through a donation of \u00a3600,000 from the Trust\u2019s principal sponsor, BAE Systems. The Ministry of Defence has also contributed to the construction of the Centre. The Normandy Region, the Department of Calvados and the Seulles Terre et Mer Community of Communes have also made a significant contribution towards funding of the Centre.<\/p>\n

Other funding has been generously given by:<\/p>\n

Teledyne FLIR
\nAddleshaw Goddard
\nEngie
\nZone Vale<\/p>\n

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Cressida Hogg with Lord Richard Dannatt at the construction site on Memorial campus. Credit: BAE Systems<\/p>\n

The new building will house two educational exhibition galleries telling stories of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, curated by The Royal British Legion. A specially designed classroom for use by schools from the UK, France and beyond will also be available, plus a shop selling official merchandise and a caf\u00e9. The Centre will be free-of-charge to visit.<\/p>\n

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Credit: BAE Systems<\/p>\n

Over the coming months, the Normandy Memorial Trust will make further announcements on plans to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.<\/p>\n

Normandy Veteran and Memorial Ambassador Ken Hay MBE said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Remembrance and education go hand in hand, and for future generations to keep the memory of the 22,442 alive they need to understand the story of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy – why it happened, who was involved, what they did and why it must never be allowed to happen again. The new Winston Churchill Centre will go a long way to achieving this for schoolchildren, families and young people visiting the Memorial.<\/p>\n

I visit to talk to schools in England and in Normandy and to have 120 children paying attention to one\u2019s every word, as is evidenced by the number and range of questions that follow, speaks volumes for the teaching they have received and for those who shape modern education \u2013 far more meaningful than the Roman & Greek wars that were taught when I was a lad. I have no doubt that the new Education Centre can only enhance future generation\u2019s understanding of this key battle in the Second World War, the part we played in the liberation of Europe and, most important, the price paid by those that we Veterans left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

General Lord Richard Dannatt, Chairman of Trustees of the Normandy Memorial Trust said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landings which opened the door to western Europe’s freedoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Normandy Memorial Trust is building ‘The Winston Churchill Centre for Education and Learning’ at the British Normandy Memorial. The purpose of this education centre is to ensure that new generations never forget what Britain did for Europe in 1944 and to remember the sacrifice of so many.<\/p>\n

“We are delighted that the Centre’s ‘principal sponsor’ is Britain’s premier defence company BAE Systems. Like us, they recognise the importance of understanding the past and learning its lessons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply grateful for their support as indeed we are to our French partners, the Normandy Region, Department of Calvados and the Communaut\u00e9 de Communes, Seulles Terres et Mer (STM) and the European Union.<\/p>\n

“I should also like to thank the Churchill family for agreeing to the centre being named after Britain’s distinguished wartime prime minister.”<\/p>\n

Cressida Hogg, Chair of BAE Systems, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a company with a strong heritage in protecting our armed forces, I\u2019m incredibly proud that we can play our part in honouring the courage and sacrifice of those men and women who gave so much to protect our freedoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, with a dwindling number of surviving veterans, D-Day will soon pass from living memory. So, it\u2019s more important than ever that we find ways to permanently mark their place in history, enabling young people to understand our past and learn the lessons from it to shape our future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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