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Stories of UK’s disappearing World War II generation

FILE - This photo taken on Wednesday May 29, 2019 with a drone shows Gold beach, near Asnelles, Normandy, and where British troops landed on D-Day. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File) FILE - Sword beach is pictured Tuesday, April 8, 2014 near Caen, Normandy. Sword Beach, where the British 3rd Infantry Division landed, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast for D-Day. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File) FILE - Remains of the Arromanches harbor in front of Gold Beach are pictured Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in Arromanches, Normandy, France. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File) FILE - Men of the B.E.F. safely home after their gallant fight in Flanders seen on transport ships at the Quayside on June 6, 1940. Many sorts and sizes of vessels taking part in the grand evacuation from Dunkirk. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Giant Halifax bombers drawn up at an Royal Air Force Bomber Command station, somewhere in England on March 3, 1943, after they have been serviced and are ready to start out on another bombing raid over enemy territory. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Men of the British Expeditionary Force arriving at a British port on June 6, 1940 after their escape from the German sweep through Flanders. One soldier assists a wounded comrade who walks with the aid of a stick. (AP Photo, File) FILE - The Swastika flying over the citadel of Lille, France on June 20, 1940. (AP Photo, File) FILE - German troops in a suburb of Lille, France, May 29, 1940. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip greet veterans at the 70th anniversary of D-Day at Sword Beach in Ouistreham, France, June 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) FILE - British prisoners liberated by General Paton's Fourth Armored Division in the vicinity of Gotha, Germany on April 8, 1945. Some of them were taken prisoner at Dunkirk. (AP Photo/Byron Rollins, File) An information board and a statue depicting Henriette Hanotte helping American pilot Charles Carlson stands in the center of the town of Bachy, France, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Hanotte was a Belgian resistance member during World War II and from the age of nineteen aided the escape of nearly 140 airmen from occupied Belgium into France as part of the Comet Line. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) An information board and a statue depicting Henriette Hanotte helping American pilot Charles Carlson stands in the center of the town of Bachy, France, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Hanotte was a Belgian resistance member during World War II and from the age of nineteen aided the escape of nearly 140 airmen from occupied Belgium into France as part of the Comet Line. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) A World War bunker stands in the middle of a field near the border of Belgium in Bourghelles, France, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Hanotte, a Belgian resistance member during World War II and from the age of nineteen aided the escape of nearly 140 airmen from occupied Belgium into France as part of the Comet Line. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) An information board with a photo of Henriette Hanotte stands next to the local church in the center of the town of Bachy, France, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Hanotte was a Belgian resistance member during World War II and from the age of nineteen aided the escape of nearly 140 airmen from occupied Belgium into France as part of the Comet Line. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Stories of UK’s disappearing World War II generation