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D-Day veteran funeral was held in Cornwall

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D-Day veteran funeral was held in Cornwall

D-Day veteran funeral was held in Cornwall

The funeral of D-Day veteran Harry Billinge was held in Cornwall today after he died early this month.

He was just 18 when he was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach in 1944.

He once said he would like to be remembered as 'a good old sapper who did his best'.

Report by Guzzardib.

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