Jack Mortimer: Yorkshire D-Day veteran who stormed Nazi occupied beaches while under fire turns 100

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Jack Mortimer: Yorkshire D-Day veteran who stormed Nazi occupied beaches while under fire turns 100
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A D-Day veteran who bravely stormed Nazi-occupied beaches while under fire during WW2 today received a guard of honour - on his 100th birthday.

Valiant Jack Mortimer was just 20 when he drove onto Sword Beach, in Normandy, on June 6, 1944, in his jeep as enemy mortar shells exploded around him. He still remembers the terrifying 'noise' and 'smell' of the dangerous mission to secure the landing zone, which helped turn the tide of war in the allies' favour. He was given a guard of honour by dignitaries at Leeds Civic Hall to celebrate his milestone birthday on Wednesday .

' Jack then advanced onto Caen, Northern France, with other infantry and later delivered messages to commanders on his motorbike while dodging the enemy. He also served in Antwerp and the Hook of Holland, where he remained until the end of the war. His fiancée Flo waited for him throughout the War, and the pair got married during his first period of leave, roughly one year after D-Day.

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