He sounds like an amazing man
John Connolly was 98 when he passed away peacefully at Tremona care home in Watford, his family have confirmed.
“He lied about his age after Dunkirk,” his grandson Sean Connolly said. “He was inspired to fight for his country. That whole resilient generation was inspiring, making sacrifices we can’t even comprehend.” “He was part of a landing party recovering bodies,” Sean said. “He used to tell us it was a terrible task, but had to be done, recovering the dead while under fire from the Germans.
John’s family originally came to London from Sunderland in 1932 when he was six, setting up home in Priory Park Road in Kilburn.
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