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Pen Moore travels to Normandy for D-Day Anniversary

Posted by DevPP at Thursday, June 26, 2014

Pen Moore, a former Partner of Moore & de Lisle, was honoured to be one of the nine New Zealand World War II Veterans to attend the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy “D-Day” Landing commemorations.

Pen (on right in photo) at the war graves Bayeaux
Pen (on right in photo) at the war graves Bayeaux

For many past clients (and quite a few current clients), Pen will be a familiar face having only left Moore & de Lisle in 2012, 20 years after forming the practice with his daughter Jenny back in 1992.

Pen was away for 13 days with the Government led delegation travelling on the New Zealand Air Force jet.  The Veterans were treated like Royalty and one of the many highlights of the trip for Pen was meeting Queen Elizabeth.

Pen talks with Prince Philip just after being introduced to Her Majesty The Queen
Pen talks with Prince Philip just after being introduced to Her Majesty The Queen

TV One interviewed Pen and the other Veterans before they left New Zealand – to view the video click on the link here http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/delayed-start-wwii-veterans-normandy-trip-video-5987769

If you’re interested in reading a little more of Pen’s wartime Naval history the following link provides a summary http://www.russianconvoyclub.org.nz/MyStory.htm#Penwill