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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #9 on: Friday 06 June 14 21:37 BST (UK) »
To show proper respect for his proud accomplishment then and now,  his name is Mr. Bernard Jordon

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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #10 on: Friday 06 June 14 21:40 BST (UK) »
I avoided naming the gentleman in order to comply with Rootschat policy of not naming living people.

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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #11 on: Friday 06 June 14 22:12 BST (UK) »
I thought that was funny him going AWOL at this time!
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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #12 on: Friday 06 June 14 22:37 BST (UK) »
What a brilliant story, it has been the top story on the local radio here all day. I wonder if he went alone or had help.
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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #13 on: Friday 06 June 14 22:50 BST (UK) »
I absolutely love this story, what a bloke! good for him.

Wonder if he was hidden by a French family  ;D

Absolute respect to him and all of those brave men.

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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #14 on: Friday 06 June 14 22:53 BST (UK) »
My son who is RAF Air Crew said he would like to meet the man and buy him a pint..and so would I  :D
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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 07 June 14 11:49 BST (UK) »
Bit more to that story on the local Sussex radio station today where they spoke to him. Apparently the Care Home didn't stop him from going, they just told him that they couldn't manage to get him on to an organised trip as he'd left it too late. So he decided to take matters into his own hands.

He is now back in England and the Home sent a car to collect him from Portsmouth and take him back to the Care Home where he lives with his wife. He said that if he is still around next year, when he will be 91, he will go to Normandy again.
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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 07 June 14 12:40 BST (UK) »
Good morning,

I think many of us would like to buy him a pint. However that is not likely to happen unless we meet him. There is however no reason why we can't all go to our local, ask if there are any D-Day vets there and buy them one. After all, they all deserve it for what they did for all of us.

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If it was up to me...all remaining WW1 veterans would automatically get an all expenses annual trip to the WW2 battlefields.

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Carol, did you mean WW2 vets, all WW1 vets have now died as of last year. But I fully agree with your sentiment.

Finally, when reporting stories like this, why why why can't the media get it right. I have read and listened to several different versions of this story. Even on radio Sussex different newsreaders told it differently yesterday.

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Re: Hats off to the WW 1 Veteran who absconded to France!
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 07 June 14 12:44 BST (UK) »
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all remaining WW1 veterans

I don't think there are any remaining WW1 veterans

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_last_surviving_World_War_I_veterans_by_country
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