Children do not understand D-Day, says Jersey veteran

Clive Kemp said when talking in schools about D-Day, often children did not know what he was talking about

A war veteran believes many children do not understand the importance of D-Day.

Clive Kemp visits Jersey schools to tell young people about the Normandy campaign and said often the children did not know what he was talking about.

He said if it were not for D-Day, the turning point of World War II when British forces pushed the Germans out of France, Jersey could still be under Nazi rule.

He said he remembered 6 June 1944 like it was yesterday.

Mr Kemp said: "It is as vivid now as on D-Day, it is something nobody will ever forget if they were involved in it.

"It was noisy, frightening and very wet for some of us."

Jersey veterans will gather later at the Cenotaph in St Helier to remember their fallen comrades.

Jersey's Bailiff and the Chief Minister will also attend the service at 11:00 BST.