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Len Davidge. - Credit: Davidge family Tributes have been paid to a 96 year old D-Day veteran and holder of the Legion d’Honneur who lived in St Albans for almost half a century. Leonard John Davidge, known as Len, was born in Eastbourne in 1924, but moved to St Albans as a small child. His father worked in the city as a printer's compositor - perhaps even for the Herts Ad - and Len went to school locally. When he left school he worked as a messenger for a printing company in St Albans, and when the Second World War broke out, Len was anxious to do his bit.

LEN Davidge, 96 year old D-Day veteran and holder of the Legion d’honneur (the highest French order of merit), died from natural causes whilst walking near his Winchester home on Sunday December 27. A service celebrating his life was held at the Charlton Park Crematorium, near Andover, on Tuesday. The celebration, led by Wesley (Weeke) Methodist Church Minister, Revd Canon Dr G Howard Mellor, was attended by his close family members. Len was born in the seaside town of Eastbourne in 1924. His father Walter had been an RNVR reservist who volunteered to serve in the Royal Navy during Wo...