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Postby Woodlouse2002 » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:00 pm

And amazingly Britains oldest man is a survivor of this battle!

I believe that the last British survivor of Jutland died two years ago.
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Re: Jutland

Postby ozzy72 » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:32 am

Not according to the BBC website. He is 110 this week ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5033582.stm
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Re: Jutland

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:32 am

In fact here is an update. He'll be hitting his next birthday in 2 days! And the RAF will be honouring him (I guess he is their oldest surviving member as well as the only living survivor of Jutland) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 044206.stm
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Re: Jutland

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:05 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/stor ... 96,00.html
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Re: Jutland

Postby expat » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:08 pm

In fact here is an update. He'll be hitting his next birthday in 2 days! And the RAF will be honouring him (I guess he is their oldest surviving member as well as the only living survivor of Jutland) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 044206.stm



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