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flag A 100-year-old D-Day veteran and Royal Navy signalman, Albert Lamond, has died, remembered for his service in WWII and postwar advocacy.

flag Albert Lamond, a 100-year-old D-Day veteran and Royal Navy signalman from Glasgow, has died. flag He served aboard HMS Rowley during the 1944 Normandy invasion, helping protect HMS Warspite, and later assisted in evacuating starving Allied prisoners of war in the Pacific before Japan’s surrender. flag Remembered for his humility and commitment to sharing war’s lessons, Lamond was honored with an MBE and lived at Erskine Veterans Village. flag He will be buried at Dalnottar Cemetery in Clydebank, with tributes highlighting his quiet courage and dedication to preserving history.

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