D-day veteran and fundraiser Harry Billinge dies at 96
by Caroline Davies from on (#5XVSX)
Royal Engineer survived landings and battles in France and went on to raise more than 50,000 for veterans
The D-day veteran Harry Billinge, who at 18 was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold beach in 1944, has died the age of 96 after a short illness, his family have said.
As a sapper attached to the 44 Royal Engineer Commandos, Billinge was one of only four men from his 10-man unit to survive the landings and subsequent battles in France, later fighting in Caen and the Falaise pocket in Normandy.
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