Servicemen and women involved in landings joined by royals and politicians at 80th anniversary commemorations
Arthur Oborne, 100, told the audience that after being shot in the D-day landings he had been saved by his friend ‘Gummy’ Gummerson, who was killed the next day.Arthur Oborne, 100, told the audience that after being shot in the D-day landings he had been saved by his friend ‘Gummy’ Gummerson, who was killed the next day.
He had only been saved by his friend “Gummy” Gummerson, who strapped him up and got him back to a field hospital. “Gummy” was killed the next day along with 26 others in the 49th division of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, 6th Battalion. The ceremony, blessed with sunny weather quite unlike that of eight decades ago, when the rough seas added further peril, started with applause, as more than 30 veterans, some in wheelchairs, were shown to their seats in front of the dignitaries. Rishi Sunak was the first to speak.
“Ken, Stan and Dennis are here today, alongside dozens of their fellow veterans,” Sunak told the audience. “We are humbled to be with you and, for what you did that day, we will always be grateful.”
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