Britain’s oldest World War II veteran, Donald Rose, has died at the age of 110.
Rose participated in the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, and was part of the division that liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany.
In a statement Friday, the leader of the Erewash Borough Council in the north of England, James Dawson, announced Rose’s death, calling him a “war hero.”
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Britain’s oldest World War II veteran, Donald Rose, passed away at the age of 110. AP Rose was part of the division that liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany. AP
“Erewash was privileged to count him as a resident,” he added.
In May, Rose joined 45 other veterans as guests of honor at a tea party celebration hosted by the Royal British Legion at the
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