'I'll be thinking of those who didn't come back'
As the nation comes together to mark 80 years since VE Day and pay tribute to those who served, four members of the Second World War generation share their experiences and tell us what the day means to them
Richard Ansett
- Kate Battersby
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'I'll be thinking of those who didn't come back'
102–year–old RAF veteran Stewart Taylor piloted a Dakota transport plane, serving in Europe and the Far East
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'They had to move the rubble to come and get me'
86–year–old Ruby Currell was one of only three children to survive an inferno that engulfed her classroom after a USAF bomber crashed into her Lancashire school in August 1944
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'I always felt guilty that they kept me behind'
101–year–old Jack Gledhill didn’t see active service, but is proud to have played a part in D-Day
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'There was a group of airmen who we talked to, and I got a kiss from each of them'
102–year–old former ATS member Marjorie Hanson was among those partying in Trafalgar Square on VE Day 1945
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Kate Battersby
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