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D-Day 80: Royal Navy veteran dies days before anniversary

After the telegram arrived, instructing him to head to Le Harve, the 19-year-old discovered the only available ship was a freighter packed with army lorries, according to the Royal Navy, external.

As it reached the French coast, the vessel was bombed and sank.

Surviving this, he swam ashore and walked along the coast in the dark until he reached the naval base.

Mr Curl was then taken to HMS Dacres, which was anchored nearby.

“Able Seamen do not get piped aboard ship,” the Royal Navy said. But Mr Curl did.

“An officer took him to one side and told him the ship’s company had bets on if he was going to make it. The odds were against him.”

HMS Dacres then left for the Bay of Biscay for submarine boat surveillance, and the crew were able to secure German code books.


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