Visitors watched a colourful parade featuring 18 ceremonial Standards, while official representatives from France, Belgium, Poland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand joined the commemorations.
The moving event paid tribute to men and women who served Britain and the Commonwealth and Allied nations during times of conflict.
The Yorkshire Post photographer James Hardisty went to capture the day in these pictures:
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Pictured Ken Cooke, aged 101, York's last surviving Normandy veteran who served with 7th Battalion the Green Howards and landed on Gold Beach, June 6, 1944 attending today's memorial service. Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 6th September 2026. Photo: James Hardisty
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Pictured Jo Ropner, The Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, shares a joke with York's last surviving Normandy veteran Ken Cooke, aged 101, who served with 7th Battalion the Green Howards and landed on Gold Beach, June 6, 1944. Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 6th September 2026. Photo: James Hardisty
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Pictured VIP's and official representatives from France, Belgium, Poland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand who attended the commemorations stand infront of the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 XV250. Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 6th September 2026. Photo: James Hardisty
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Pictured Jo Ropner, The Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, stands on the saluting dais as the Standards march out at the end of the ceremony with the backdrop of the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 XV250. Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 6th September 2026. Photo: James Hardisty