Tributes paid to D-Day hero, 101, who said ‘I am so proud we did it’

Tributes paid to D-Day hero, 101, who said 'I am so proud we did it'

Royal Navy hero Peter Smoothy who was 19 during the 1944 Normandy invasion has died aged 101.

Tributes paid to D-Day hero, 101, who said ‘I am so proud we did it’

D-Day hero Peter was just 19 during the Normandy Landings (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster) Tributes have been paid to Royal Navy and D-Day warrior Peter Smoothy after his death at 101. In 2024 – on the 80th anniversary of the landings – the hero returned to Normandy alongside the Express and choked back tears on the […]