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Alan Downard has passed away aged 102 - Credit: Jane Bradburn A Second World War veteran from Ipswich, who was the last surviving member of his regiment, has sadly died at the age of 102. Alan Downard, a member of the 67th Medium Regiment RA (TA) and a resident of Felixstowe, died on Friday, February 26.  Mr Downard was born in Ipswich in 1919 and grew up to be a mechanic at Lock and Stags garage before the war. In 1938 when the war was looming, he joined the Territorial Army and two years later he was called up to the regiment.  After a period of training to become a mechanical engine...

Alan Downard has passed away aged 102 - Credit: Jane Bradburn A Second World War veteran from Ipswich, who was the last surviving member of his regiment, has sadly died at the age of 102. Alan Downard, a member of the 67th Medium Regiment RA (TA) and a resident of Felixstowe, died on Friday, February 26.  Mr Downard was born in Ipswich in 1919 and grew up to be a mechanic at Lock and Stags garage before the war. In 1938 when the war was looming, he joined the Territorial Army and two years later he was called up to the regiment.  After a period of training to become a mechanical engine...

Published: 4:32 PM January 8, 2021    Updated: 4:36 PM January 8, 2021 John Lister, who was inundated with Christmas cards since revealing his experience of loneliness during lockdown, has died aged 101 - Credit: Marcia Hughes Tributes have been paid to a war veteran who moved a nation when he shared his story of loneliness.  John Lister, who has died aged 101, was a resident at Thorp House nursing home in Griston, near Watton.  The Normandy veteran first made headlines when he told how he was struggling to face his first Christmas without his wife Ella, who died of Covid aged ...