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King Charles read wartime memories from his grandfather's diary as he and Queen Camila hosted four D-Day veterans at Buckingham Palace last week.
Of the group were killed. as you know, john, i have 32 reasons for going back, and those 32 reasons are the 32 guys that never came home. and i made that promise to myself that every opportunity, i would go back and pay my respects and honour those guys. as they left portsmouth, their modern—day counterparts flew overhead in a royal air force transport plane and stood to attention, saluting on the deck of the aircraft carrier hms prince of wales — respect between the generations. john dennett has been back to normandy before, but never to the british memorial. it was very emotional, and i ...
Stan Ford suffered lifelong injuries when the ship was sunk by what is believed to have been a midget submarine off the Normandy coast.
Stan Ford suffered lifelong injuries when the ship was sunk by what is believed to have been a midget submarine off the Normandy coast.
John Dennett, who signed up to serve in the Royal Navy against his mother's wishes at the age of 17 in 1942, says he was 'one of the lucky ones' to survive the conflict.