Normandy veteran who survived capture weeks after D-Day dies aged 101
Ken Hay, who educated generations of schoolchildren about D-Day and later served as a British Normandy Memorial ambassador, died aged 101, the group said.
- Normandy veteran Ken Hay, an ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial, has died aged 101, the organization announced on Sunday.
- Hay served in the 4th Dorset infantry regiment, landing at Courseulles-sur-Mer days after the Allied invasion, and was captured during a night patrol on July 7-8 in Poland.
- During a 1,000-mile march, Hay once "lay down to die" until two friends lifted him with an "arm around each shoulder." He was liberated by American troops and returned home in time for VE Day on the 8th of May.
- Nicknamed "Grandad Ken" by schoolchildren, Hay believed it was his "duty to pass it on." He received an MBE and the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest order of merit, for community service.
- Earlier this year, Hay joined fellow Second World War veteran Henry Rice at the General Montgomery monument in Colleville-Montgomery to mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day commemorations.
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Great Yorkshire RadioNormandy veteran who survived capture weeks after D-Day dies aged 101
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.
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bridportnews.co.ukDorset regiment hero who survived POW ordeal dies aged 101
Normandy veteran Ken Hay, who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment, and survived a POW ordeal aged 101 has died
Kenneth Hay was an "extraordinary gentleman who remarkable life will never be forgotten", the British Normandy Memorial says. Source link:
D-Day veteran Ken Hay, who survived Nazi capture, dies aged 101
Ken Hay, a Normandy veteran who was captured by the Nazis just weeks after D-Day and became a prisoner of war in Poland, has died aged 101. He spent years educating children about the war and was an ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial
'An extraordinary gentleman' - Normandy veteran Ken Hay dies at 101 after 'remarkable' life of service
'An extraordinary gentleman' - Normandy veteran Ken Hay dies at 101 after 'remarkable' life of service . Ken Hay, a Normandy veteran who was captured weeks after D-Day before devoting years of his life to teaching children about World War Two, has died at the age of 101
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