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LOCAL VETERAN TO CELEBRATE HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY


Local veteran, Albert Keir is to celebrate his 100th birthday on 26th June 2025.

Albert was 18 when the 2nd world war ended in Europe on 8th May 1945. He was born on 26th June 1925 and had served in the LDV (Home Guard) before training as a Royal Marine and then joining the Royal Navy on corvettes, HMS Potentilla, in 1943. As well as anti submarine, mine clearance and maritime duties, he took part in the D Day landings in Normandy on 6th June 1944.

If you would like to send Albert a birthday card, please send c/o Mark Wakeman, Bakewell Pet Supplies, 8 Water St, Bakewell DE45 1EW or just pop it into the shop.

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