TRIBUTES have been paid to much-loved Normandy veteran Billy Reynolds, who died this week aged 100.The father-of-three was one of two surviving Islanders to have fought in the historic campaign, which laid the foundations for the Allied victory in th.
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JERSEY’S last two veterans of the Normandy campaign, Bill Reynolds and Ernest Thorne, were both present at the Cenotaph to mark the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings.During D-Day alone, at least 4,414 Allied servicemen lost their lives.Mr Reyn.
GOOD fortune is one of the key components to a long and healthy life according to former Davenham teacher William Palin who celebrates his 100th birthday today. Known to many locally as the former headmaster of Davenham Primary School, the war veteran is looking forward to his telegram from The Queen and a time when he can reunite with his family to celebrate his remarkable life. The centenarian, from Northwich, was a troop commander with the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment in the Guards Armoured Division and was involved in Operation Market Garden supporting the D-day landings. On returning to the UK, William married his late wife Joan in December 1946 and the couple had two children, Sue and John. He studied teaching at Chester Teacher Training College, now the University of Chester, and began teaching at Davenham Primary School around 1966, before retiring as headmaster in 1979.