D-Day veteran who survived capture dies aged 101

Kenneth Hay was an "extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten", the British Normandy Memorial says.

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Normandy veteran who survived capture weeks after D-Day dies aged 101

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BBC Published 21 September 2026

D-Day veteran who survived capture dies aged 101

Sky Published 21 September 2026

Normandy veteran who survived capture weeks after D-Day dies aged 101

Normandy veteran Ken Hay, who survived capture just weeks after D-Day and dedicated years to educating children about the war, has died aged 101.

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