Ken Cooke, 98, has decided that the 80th anniversary commemorations this week will be the last time he revisits Gold Beach, where he landed as an 18-year-old on 6 June 1944. He told Sky News of his memories of that momentous day.
The only surviving member of a group of D-Day veterans will scatter his comrades' ashes on his final trip to the beaches of Normandy this week. Ken Cooke, 98, has decided that the 80th anniversary commemorations this week will be the last time he revisits Gold Beach where he landed as an 18-year-old on 6 June 1944.
Read more:The woman who averted disaster on D-DayD-Day in numbersHow act of love saved the life of solider The invasion paved the way for the liberation of France from Nazi occupation and led to victory in Europe for the Allies the following year. After his war Ken Cooke returned to life in York working at the Rowntree's confectionery factory for the most of his career.
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