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I knew a lot of good men who are not here, who paid the sacrifice. harry was born in london in 1925. atjust 18, and a commando engineer, he was among the very first to land on the french sands codenamed gold beach onjune 6th 19aa. many thousands died that day. and it was hell. i've never seen anything like it in my life. you had the ships firing over your head, and you had the germans firing on you from inland. 88 millimetre guns, they used, which would blow you off the face of earth. the sea was red with human blood.

That he still does things we just don't expect. and that's why the world will watch. joe wilson, bbc news. the d—day veteran harry billinge — who was one of the first british soldiers to land on the normandy beaches in 191m — has died at the age of 96. he was just 18 years old when he landed on gold beach. but throughout his life he returned year after year to remember those were died. john maguire reports. as an 18—year—old commando engineer, harry billinge was of one the first to land on gold beach during d—day. the sites he witnessed would stay with him for the rest of his life....

Little no no heating bills at all, and a neighbourhood that has nearly zero emissions. also today, welsh labour launched its campaign for may's council elections saying it would help people through the cost of living crisis. the party leader sir keir starmer said the first minister of wales mark drakeford had shown what labour could do for people when it was in power. one of the first british soldiers to land on the beaches of normandy on d—day injune 191m has died at the age of 96. harry billinge, from st austell, cornwall, was 18 when he served with the royal engineer commandos, ahead of t...

Northern Ireland's Veterans Commissioner today said a time limit on Troubles prosecutions must apply to terrorists as well as former British Army veterans.   However, Ulster Unionist Danny Kinahan denied equating members of the Armed Forces with extremists, adding: 'I never have and I never will.'  His comments came after defence minister Johnny Mercer was sacked by text last night over the Government's failure to prevent elderly veterans being dragged through the courts in Northern Ireland. In a sensational open letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Mercer tore into Boris Johnson's record on i...