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.
Veteran of Dorset regiment recalls capture weeks after D-Day
Ken Hay was captured as a prisoner of war just weeks after D-Day and was brought to tears as he remembered reuniting with his mother
Source: dorsetecho.co.uk
A tear for his fallen comrades: One of Britain's last surviving D-Day veterans, 99, who signed up to fight the Nazis just aged 17 in 1941 gets emotional as he remembers 'the young fellas we lost' during Normandy landings
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.
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D-Day 80: WW2 veterans share frontline memories with London pupils
The group of veterans gathered at the Union Jack club in Waterloo with pupils from London schools.
Source: bbc.co.uk