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Decorated veteran Roy Vickerman passed away in his sleep last week after being unable to shake a cough following a chest infection. He was set to marry his childhood sweetheart Nora Jackson.
D-Day veteran Roy Vickerman dressed up to mark Remembrance Sunday at his home in Hartshill last year (Image: Pete Stonier)
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One of Stoke-on-Trent’s last surviving Normandy veterans has died at the age of 95.
Roy Vickerman – who was engaged to his long-time sweetheart Nora Jackson – passed away in his sleep on Wednesday last week (May 19).