'Grandad Ken' tries to keep memories of D-Day veterans alive | UK Tonight

[@ItsAHedgehog]

Eighty years on and he still chokes up about hearing Silent Night. What a remarkable man.

[@ianlee487]

Now this is ken a true hero just like the rest of our brave souls all heroes. They put there lives second for us .

[@peacecraft9354]

98 years old, crazy to think about it.

[@adambattersby8934]

No, it isn't.

[@judylav5]

98 and still sharp as a tack... actually sharper than some 20 year olds!

[@vortechsci-figadgets4603]

I wish we still had more of this generation around, maybe things would be kinder.

[@IngeEvenwel]

We had yet nobody listened to them

[@IronBhoy]

Amazing hearing this from someone who lived to tell the stories from 80 odd years ago.

[@GrandpaVince]

Well said Ken we need more grandpas

[@Yourmyfavaleks]

U may call him grandad Ken he loved that name lol

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

His life has really meant something.

[@DanielSnippyMcD]

Aye

[@therealpollyanna5846]

My dad passed away at 98. He joined the army in October 1942 when he was 18. asked him what was the worse part of the war. My dad told me about them going through buildings to flush out the Germans in a town in France. A young Frenchman came out and surprised them. Unfortunately the young man was shot by mistake. The family of the young man came to the soldiers and told them they were forgiven, as the all the soldiers in that building were upset. They said they told the young man not to go out, but he wanted to greet the soldiers that came to liberate them. 😢

[@ItsAHedgehog]

How incredibly tragic.

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

A real Brit. So rare these days.

[@geraldfisher3033]

Well said Ken. What a decent guy. All the troops were heroes. We could learn so much from these veterans. Manners, Respect, Patriotism. We all owe them so much gratitude..

[@1bb760]

How brave are these men ,there did this for us to live freely in uk no man can ever match there bravery 😢

[@Paws4Thought669]

Pity our politicians betrayed him

[@Dan-ze4qz]

Veterans and normal English people don't have the time of day for politicians

[@Paws4Thought669]

@@Dan-ze4qz it is also why i cringe when i see them 'Meeting the trrops' No one wants them them there

[@thenightporter]

His mind is sharper than that of most 25 year olds. Wait... he's 98?!!!!! 🤯

[@PoiDog2266]

WWII Vets just KILL ME!!!❤❤❤❤ I cry when I even meet them. Everyday men and women...WHO SAVED THE WORLD!!!. They TRULY were THE GREATEST GENERATION!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TomZart]

D-DAY ANNIVERSARY: - 2024 !! D-Day raised the curtain on the conflict That fore shadowed the end of Hitler's dream. The largest joint combat landing ever Though the blood from both sides flowed like a stream. When their boats hit the sand, their ramps went down And all within paid a visit to hell. They jumped out to do good for their country And to kill the enemy without fail. They fought the Germans, tides, winds and the waves In conditions not easily foreseen. By night the battle was in our favor With bravery, valor, death, and men who scream. The corpses littered the beach for five miles Though heroism had carried the day. With literally thousands dead or wounded Those who were left were determined to stay. They faced great odds and chose not to protest And won the war that put evil to shame. Most came home, married and raised their babies But those who could not we recall with pain. By Tom Zart! Most Published Poet On The Web!

[@ROCK-PETER]

This should not be missed, stop scrolling and listen to wisdom and aspire towards enlightenment

[@davidharris3264]

WTF these guys went through beggers belief. Their stories are so agonizing and yet with British stoicism they get through and for what? today's freedom of life, speech and the joys of life for it to be bamboozled by today's politicians. Sometimes I wonder why they bothered.

[@sarahouston5704]

Remembering Harry Patch…..

[@WilliamjameswestWEST]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@ArafatAhmed-sx3qg]

He came at my school rush green primary

[@Yourmyfavaleks]

He came to mine just today Oml 😶

[@Yourmyfavaleks]

He’s my deputy heads grandad

[@Yourmyfavaleks]

Not lying

[@WilliamjameswestWEST]

❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢❤❤

[@paulwee1924dus]

He has Montgomery's veret. 3 badges/ DFC.

[@ndie8075]

🇩🇪😓🙏

[@Dan-ze4qz]

There's plenty of us scaffolders, brickies, roofers, chippies and groundworkers on site that keep the world war drama alive and always will, it's us who will defend this island against any invader or religion. All 4 of my great grandad's were in the war, two I know were sergeants, my nans dad after the war would not sleep without his rifle in his bed. He would be appalled if he could see the state of england now, as am I. Thanks to all the heros that died and the thanks to the few heros that are still here and thanks for telling us your stories.

[@JohnSmith-fr7js]

On his way across the Channel to Normandy he'll see lots of little boats still bringing in desperate people to Britain........

[@olafhenson3626]

Using World War Two veterans for your political agenda, your mother must be proud.

[@cryptone0075]

Imagine believing propaganda all those years ago and still being treated like a hero for it all these years later 😮

[@alexandermolodyka1094]

He forgot to say that still alive just thanks to Josef Stalin.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Stalin killed 10 million of his own people. War is a strange thing but at the time Stalin's crimes were not known by the British.

[@fredericksmith7169]

Americans and British don't give enough credit to the huge number of Soviets who died fighting the Germans all the way to Berlin on the eastern front. When they teach it in school the battles in western Europe are emphasized.