Funeral for D-day veteran Harry Billinge held in Cornwall
Crowds line streets to pay their respects to royal engineer who survived landings and raised more than £50,000 for veterans
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Hundreds line streets for funeral of D-Day veteran Harry Billinge
The funeral of Mr Billinge, who died earlier this month aged 96, was held in his home town of St Austell on Tuesday.
The Independent UK ·
Funeral to take place for D-Day veteran
Harry Billinge, who died aged 96, was just 18 when he was one of the first British soldiers to land on Gold Beach during the Battle of Normandy
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