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90 year old veteran reported missing from care home. Turns out they’d said no to him going to Normandy to celebrate D-Day: but he went anyway.
An 89-year-old WW2 veteran disappeared from his nursing home without saying where he was going and went to France for the D-Day commemorations.
The former mayor of Hove, Bernard Jordan, left the home at 10:30 BST on Thursday, and was reported missing to Sussex Police that evening.
Staff later discovered he had joined other veterans in France and was safe and well at a hotel in Ouistreham.
Earlier, it was believed care home staff stopped him going to the events.
Brighton and Hove police had tweeted: “90 year old veteran reported missing from care home. Turns out they’d said no to him going to #DDay70 but he went anyway #fightingspirit”
Hundreds of veterans have been marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, with events on the beaches of Normandy.
War medals
The landings were the first stage of the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.
Mr Jordan, who was mayor of Hove from 1995-96, is a resident of The Pines nursing home in Hove.
The pensioner had gone out wearing a grey raincoat and a jacket underneath with his war medals on, the police force said.
A spokesman said: “We have spoken to the veteran who called the home today and are satisfied that the pensioner is fine and that his friends are going to ensure he gets back to Hove safely over the next couple of days after the D-Day celebrations finish.
“Once the pensioner is home we will go and have a chat with him to check he is OK.”
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