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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lucinda Cameron

Royal Navy veteran issues heartfelt Remembrance Day plea

An 85-year-old Royal Navy veteran, George Walker, has issued a heartfelt plea for Remembrance Day, urging the public to extend their thoughts beyond those who fell in conflict to the families left behind.

Mr Walker’s own life was shaped by such a loss; he was just four years old when he met his father, Harry, for the only time before he was killed at sea during the Second World War.

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