Grounded by the 'wicked' matron he hatched a cunning plan to foil his 'captors' and join his comrades in honouring the fallen.
Hiding his medals under his coat, Bernard audaciously said he was 'going for a walk'. No digging a tunnel for months for this intrepid old Royal Navy vet. No disguises. No saving up food rations for weeks. He just walked out the door, down the road, hailed a cab and before anyone knew he was missing, he was happily on board a coach to France.
There he stood proudly amongst world leaders, comrades and others to remember the assault all those years ago that claimed four thousand lives.
Thankyou Bernard. We salute you...
Amazing story. Obviously the brave Young man has become a brave eighty mine year old man - and still with a strong will. I hope he will able to join the next celebration as well.
ReplyDeleteI love to hear stories like that. Sure glad he got to the anniversary.
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ReplyDeleteWonderful story .It's always inspiring to hear of that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteSince he used to be the Mayor of Hove I guess he is used to deciding things for himself. It's an encouraging example.
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