One of Britain's youngest D-Day veterans has died aged 98. At 7.15am on June 6, 1944, Mr Farrant, who was in the Royal Engineers, was approaching Gold Beach alongside his two friends Big and Little Jock. Derek Farrant, pictured centre, was one of the youngest troops to land on Gold Beach on June 6, 1944. His funeral will take place …
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