'Killed in action' war veteran turns 105

Ron Barber is one of the oldest survivors of the mass evacuation from France, less than a year into World War II.
Despite being listed in a newspaper report as dead, his mum Alice refused to believe it.
She was proved right two years later when the Red Cross told her Ron was a prisoner of war.
Serving with the Green Howards, now the Yorkshire Regiment, Pte Ron was captured ahead of the evacuation of 338,000 British and Allied troops.
He said: “We were surrounded by the Germans at one point.
“We were in a lay trench as they came over the top. Somehow we managed to crawl out and escape while they were firing at us.
“I'll always remember one recruit who only lasted a day. He was right in front of me when he was shot in the head...

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