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Enfield D-Day hero Donald dies aged 105

Summary by Enfield Dispatch
Donald Howkins helped liberate Europe in 1944 with the 90th Middlesex Regiment of the Royal Artillery Donald Howkins pictured at his 105th birthday party earlier this year Enfield’s last D-Day veteran has died aged 105. Donald Howkins – who carried a piece of shrapnel in his leg for the rest of his life after being wounded during the liberation of Europe in 1944 – passed peacefully at his Forty Hill care home, Elsyng House, on Wednesday (26th). …
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Enfield Dispatch broke the news on Friday, August 28, 2026.
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