Kenneth Hay was an "extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten", the British Normandy Memorial says.

York's last surviving Normandy veteran, 101-year-old Ken Cooke, receives the city's highest honour.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and ...

Some of the last remaining surviving UK veterans are commemorating the anniversary of D-Day, 82 years since the allied invasion of northern France in World War Two. The huge operation, which took ...

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Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101.Shay died at his ...

Ken Hay served in the 4th Dorset infantry regiment and landed at Courseulles-sur-Mer days after the allied Normandy invasion. He worked for years educating children about war.