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Ted Hennessey

D-Day veteran awarded British Empire Medal says Britain today is ‘disappointing’

D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial Mervyn Kersh, who has been been awarded the BEM (British Empire Medal) in the New Year Honours list, for services to Holocaust Remembrance and Education. Picture date: Saturday December 27, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire -

A D-Day veteran awarded a British Empire Medal has said Britain today is “disappointing” and warned the country risks repeating mistakes made before the Second World War.

Mervyn Kersh, 101, from Cockfosters, north London, said being honoured for his school talks on Holocaust remembrance and his wartime service is a “wonderful thing”.

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