Death Of Last D-Day Veteran Of Merville Battery Raid

Fred Milward shortly after the award of his Legion d’Honneur.

WE ARE sad to report on the passing of Frederick ‘Fred’ Milward of the 9th Parachute Battalion, the unit which took and neutralised the German gun battery at Merville on D-Day.

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