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D-Day veteran who survived capture dies aged 101
Kenneth Hay was an "extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten", the British Normandy Memorial says.
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Kenneth Hay was an "extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten", the British Normandy Memorial says.
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According to BBC News’s source item, D-Day veteran who survived capture dies aged 101, Kenneth Hay was an “extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten”, the British Normandy Memorial says.
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