Meet the D-Day hero and carer...still driving at 100

FOR determined Paul Terry, life has always been lived in the fast lane.

- By Giles Sheldrick

The sprightly centenarian — one of three brothers who served in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps during the Second World War — knows no other way than duty and sacrifice.

He landed in Normandy during the D-Day invasion and fought through France, Belgium and into Holland where this weekend he will be among veterans commemorating the mighty Allied airborne and ground assault known as Operation Market Garden.

Participation is hugely important to him but is tinged with regret as it means leaving his beloved wife Dorothy, 87, for whom he is a full-time carer, in Pevensey Bay, near Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Incredibly Paul, 100, does everything — cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing, and shopping, which he collects on weekly visits to the store in his pristine BMW convertible.

"I like to keep busy and I just keep going," he said.

"If I keep moving I don’t feel old, but If I stop to sit down, that would be me finished.

"I’ve still got all my faculties. I am confident, competent, and drive safely, so I see no

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