Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
'So many made the supreme sacrifice... and we salute them'
Daily Express
|August 05, 2025
Birthday tribute to fallen WWII comrades
D-Day warrior Ken Hay marked his 100th birthday with a moving tribute to his brothers in arms who were cut down in their prime.
Ken was captured weeks after the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. Nine of his pals were killed in an ambush while Ken and four others were taken prisoner and put to work as slaves in a Polish coal mine.
During the final stages of the Second World War, with the Russians approaching, Ken and 80,000 fellow PoWs were forced on a 1,000-mile march in freezing temperatures.
He was freed by American troops and returned to the UK just before VE Day, for an emotional reunion with his family.
Ken has since dedicated his life to honouring those who did not return.
And he makes annual pilgrimages to the British Normandy Memorial to pay his respects to them.
This story is from the August 05, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Daily Express
Daily Express
RINGSIDE SEAT TO A BRUISING RISE TO GLORY
Director David Michod’s heavyweight boxing drama, based on the life of Christy Martin, who blazed a trail for women in the 90s, delivers its most devastating blows outside the ring.
3 mins
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
YOUR DELAY IS 'STEALING PRECIOUS TIME AND CHOICE
Health Editor EVERY unnecessary delay to the Assisted Dying Bill is \"stealing precious time and choice\", terminally ill campaigners told peers.
4 mins
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
Lando will go it alone
LANDO NORRIS has been warned by McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri he will not help him beat title rival Max Verstappen in Qatar this weekend.
1 min
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
Reeves riles with her trad socialism stance
SELF-righteousness has always been an ugly ingredient in Labour's character.
2 mins
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
We all just wanted out ...to give us a bit of peace
George tells of split in fresh tape
4 mins
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
DIAZ DRIVE A BIG LOSS AS REVAMP BACKFIRES
VIEW FROM THE KOP BY LIVERPOOL SUPPORTER NEIL DOCKING
2 mins
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
Outsider blamed for Brit mum's murder as neighbours ruled out
A BRITISH woman stabbed to death at her home in the Dordogne was likely murdered by “an outsider”, French police claim.
2 mins
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
New role a snag for Horner
CHRISTIAN HORNER has been told Aston Martin “don’t need” him after naming Adrian Newey as their new team principal.
1 min
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
'Wrong choice' to put up taxes for workers
RACHEL Reeves made “all the wrong choices” in her Budget this week, the Shadow Chancellor has said as workers and savers yesterday reeled after another Labour tax-and-spend spree.
3 mins
November 28, 2025
Daily Express
ARNE CALLS ON DOGS OF WAR
DEFIANT Arne Slot insists Liverpool have the dogs of war needed to drag themselves out of their worst slump since the 1950s.
1 mins
November 28, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size