A 108-year-old veteran who received over 150 birthday cards - most of them from people he doesn't know - has been left overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers. Donald Rose was born on Christmas Eve, 1914.
He now lives in a Derbyshire care home where staff describe him as "fantastic man” and “one of a kind”. The outpouring of birthday wishes started when Sandra Bond from Veterans' Foundation urged people to send wish their warm wishes to Mr Rose.
Even Mr Rose's family say they have been touched by the kindness of locals and complete strangers, reports DerbyshireLive. At the time of writing those close to Mr Rose - who served in the 8th Army as a ‘Desert Rat’ under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in Africa and as part of the liberation of Italy and France during the Second World War - estimate he has received between 150 and 160 cards.
