One of Britain’s oldest surviving Normandy veterans who kept his mind sharp by reading the Daily Mail every day has died ‘in comfort with a smile on his face’ aged 106.
Tony Johnson, who landed on Gold Beach after D-Day and also fought at El Alamein, in North Africa, worked his way up in the construction industry after the war and lived independently up until his death.
Until recently, Mr Johnson still attended Remembrance events in his native Manchester and was invited to 80th anniversary commemorations for D-Day in London last May, attended by the King and Queen but was unable to
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