September 10, 2026

Tributes paid to D-Day hero, 101, who said ‘I am so proud we did it’

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D-Day hero Peter was just 19 during the Normandy Landings (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)Tributes have been paid to Royal Navy and D-Day warrior Peter Smoothy after his death at 101.In 2024 - on the 80th anniversary of the landings - the hero returned to Normandy alongside the Express and choked back tears on the same beach where he saw so many pals slain.He said then: “I am so proud that we did it - it could have been so different.”The braveheart from Herne Bay, Kent, was just 19 and serving on Landing Ship Tank 215 on June 6, 1944 ferrying soldiers...

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Tributes paid to D-Day hero, 101, who said ‘I am so proud we did it’

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