A military guard leads Tony's funeral cortege towards the Crematoriumplaceholder image
A military guard leads Tony's funeral cortege towards the Crematorium

Farewell to D-day veteran Tony Huntbach

Mourners gathered to say a last farewell to Tony Huntbach, one of the last surviving D-Day veterans, following his death at 97.

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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