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King meets 99-year old D-Day veteran during visit to Aberdeen

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Once Europe was liberated, he was due to deploy to Japan but the war ended before he was sent.

He later married and had two children.

Mr Glennie – who now features in a portrait in the museum – will be 100 in August.

The veteran plans to keep on volunteering at the museum when he can.

He hopes future generations will remember the sacrifices which were made in the war.

The King said the portrait looked “terrific” and promised to send him a message when he turns 100 in August.

The King said: “You’re a great example to us all, if I may say so, you really are.”

The Gordon Highlanders Museum celebrates the story of the British army regiment, which was originally raised by the 5th Duke of Gordon in 1784.

As the Duke of Rothesay, the King was appointed colonel in chief of the regiment in 1978 and remained so until its amalgamation with the Queen’s Own Highlanders in 1994.


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