Jack Mortimer was with his wife Flo for 78 years but she sadly died just a few days before his 100th birthday celebrations
A D-Day veteran who bravely stormed Nazi-occupied beaches while under fire during WW2 will today receive a guard of honour - on his 100th birthday. Valiant Jack Mortimer was just 20 when he drove onto Sword Beach, in Normandy, on June 6, 1944, in his jeep as enemy mortar shells exploded around him.
Jack was tasked with transporting troops during Operation Neptune - the name given to D-Day landings - as the Allied forces pushed into mainland Europe. And when he disembarked his support ship for his rendezvous point - nicknamed name Sword Beach - he witnessed the carnage of the battle all around him.
He also served in Antwerp and the Hook of Holland, where he remained until the end of the war. His fiancée Flo waited for him throughout the War, and the pair got married during his first period of leave, roughly one year after D-Day.
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