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D-Day to remember D-DAY VETERANS Bernard Morgan and George Chandler joined forces in Downing Street as the UK and World War II Allied nations prepared to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. RAF vet Bernard, 100, worked as a code breaker with the 83 Group Control centre – a mobile signals unit controlling the movements of Allied aircraft, and landed on Gold Beach. He said: “The sad thing I shall always remember is seeing all the dead bodies on the beaches. “They were mainly Allied soldiers who had arrived in the morning in the small landing craft, but unfortunately they’d been dropped off in deep water.” Many of Britain’s last surviving veterans will travel to the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer to remember the fallen, alongside more than 1,600 serving military personnel. ● Continues on p2
HEROES UNITED: RAF veteran Bernard Morgan (right) and Army veteran George Chandler arrive in Downing Street as the UK prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day