Overview
- His death was announced by the Royal Naval Association, which offered a formal naval farewell and praised his service.
- During the Normandy landings he served as a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne, guarding the beaches for troops going ashore.
- He also sailed on the Arctic Convoys, the hazardous World War II supply routes that kept the Soviet Union armed and fed.
- For his 100th birthday he received more than 16,000 cards, including messages from the King and Downing Street, and celebrated at his Southend Royal Naval Association branch.
- He was told on his centenary that he would receive France’s Legion d’Honneur, the country’s highest award often given to Allied veterans who helped liberate France.