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D-Day veteran Roy, 95, dies before he can wed wartime sweetheart


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). ....

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Obituary of Norfolk D Day veteran George Gallagher


By 1937, the industry was dwindling, but for George, the spinning industry would be woven throughout his entire working life and be the thread that kept him attached to his beloved Lancashire.
From school desk to factory floor in a matter of days, George took to hard work like a duck to water: “I was proud to have become a bread winner, but was still in short trousers after taking my overalls off. My first long trouser suit was purchased after three months of my working life,” he recalled, drily.
Promotion quickly followed for young George who, after 18 months, became a Comber Apprentice and after two years at Ashworth’s, he moved to JP Coates United Thread Mills in Eagley on the outskirts of Bolton. ....

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