Anthea Goldsmith, the 89-year-old daughter of D-Day hero Theodore Ionides, is traveling to Bayeux War Cemetery to stand by her father's grave on the eve of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, sharing her story with the BBC.
Theo Ionides, a naval intelligence commando under Ian Fleming, died just days after the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944. Anthea, at the age of 9 when her father passed away, will honor his memory in a live broadcast from Bayeux, lighting up the 4,600 graves in the cemetery as darkness falls.
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