D-Day veteran describes 'big adventure' and a cup of tea after landing
Donald Howkins, 103, was a gunner in the 90th Middlesex Regiment and landed in Normandy on D-Day on June 6 1944.
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Donald Howkins, 103, was a gunner in the 90th Middlesex Regiment and landed in Normandy on D-Day on June 6 1944.
David Teacher, who served as a mechanic with the RAF in the Second World War, died last Friday, a spokesperson for the Broughton House veterans care home in Salford, Greater Manchester, said.
Donald Howkins, 103, was a gunner in the 90th Middlesex Regiment and landed in Normandy on D-Day on June 6 1944.
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