Charlie Horne, one of Scotland's last D-Day veterans, dies at 100
Minesweeper who served off Omaha Beach passed away at Erskine Veterans Charity home just days before Remembrance Sunday
One of Scotland's last surviving D-Day veterans, Charlie Horne, has died aged 100. Horne, who served on a minesweeper that helped clear mines off Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings, passed away earlier this week at the Erskine Veterans Charity home in Edinburgh, just days before Remembrance Sunday.