Lord Prescott says he is "saddened" to hear of the death of one of Hull's best-loved veterans - and is calling on people to thank those who answered our country's call. For many years, Harry Day, who died last Tuesday at the age of 91, was president of the Hull branch of the Normandy Veterans' Association.
In June 1944, he landed on Gold Beach in northern France, and narrowly cheated death, before slipping back into Civvy Street as a Hull bus driver.
The former Hull East MP, whose own father Bert lost a leg during the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, was among the first to offer condolences.
