Lord Ashcroft's hero father Eric saw action on D-Day on June 6, 1944 (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)Their numbers are shrinking but the poignancy of their annual visit is increasing. They are the D-Day survivors, every one of them a hero, who still travel to Normandy to commemorate the famous June 6 1944 landings. Almost every surviving D-Day veteran is now more than 100 years old, yet some still insist on travelling across the English Channel to pay their respects to fallen comrades. I salute their determination, resilience and their sense of duty, qualities which are as evident today as they were...