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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Navy sailors provide guard of honour for funeral of their last Dunkirk veteran

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Royal Navy sailors provided a guard of honour at the funeral of 102-year-old Lawrence Churcher, who is believed to have been the last naval Dunkirk veteran.

Mr Churcher, who was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, died earlier this month at a care home in nearby Fareham just days short of his 103rd birthday, said the Project 71 charity, which supports Second World War veterans.

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