My dear Father died recently aged 93. Surprisingly not from old age but from not taking a corner correctly on his 600cc motorbike!
He was a wartime member of the 13th Bn Parachute Regiment who dropped into Normandy and again, later on the Rhine drop. He always used to make me chuckle at this time of the year by saying he arrived closer to the 5 Jun that the 6 and anybody that arrived after him would just have a hell of a job to catch up!
Myself and an older brother followed him into the Parachute Regiment many years ago.
Last edited by MOSTAFA; 6th Jun 2014 at 11:18.