War veteran aged 101 returns to Sunderland school where he was head teacher chroniclelive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chroniclelive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A JAPANESE POW veteran who is volunteering with a cancer charity has enjoyed a spitfire flyby and Red Devils drop in at a huge party to mark his 101st birthday. Len Gibson, who survived the horrors of the Burma Death Railway, said of the event held in his honour: “It’s absolutely tremendous. “When I was a prisoner of war on the Mergui Road there was a time when I thought it was so bad I was in hell. “So I have experienced hell, and to be here today is heaven.” Former Bombardier Len Gibson endured forced labour and malnutrition while a POW but conquered untold hardship to become a musician who inspired Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.
Sunderland prisoner of war veteran has 101st birthday to remember with party and Spitfire flyby chroniclelive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chroniclelive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.