A 19-year-old soldier with the 8th Battalion The King’s Regiment (Liverpool) at the time of the Normandy landings in, 1944, Tony lived most of his life in Blackpool although born in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Tony, who leaves his wife of more than 70 years, Jane, son John and daughter Lynn, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. was given military honours at the funeral ceremony conducted at Carleton Crematorium
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