One of Scotland’s last D-Day veterans dies aged 100 just days before Remembrance Sunday

One of Scotland’s last surviving D-Day veterans, who helped clear sea mines off Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings, has died aged 100.Charlie Horne has been remembered as "a remarkable man" whose recollections of his wartime service have been preserved for future generations.He died on Tuesday at Erskine Veterans Charity’s Edinburgh home, where he had been living since the summer.Mr Horne, who was from Prestonpans in East Lothian, said the scenes of devastation he saw on board the small wooden minesweeper, which came under fire on June 6, 1944, stayed with him for the rest of his life. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Born into a fishing family, Mr Horne was already an experienced seaman when he served on minesweeper MMS...

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