Received from the Chairman of the Bromham Branch of the Royal British Legion.
It is with the greatest sadness that I write to inform you that our most senior and longest-standing member, Ivor Gardner, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday 12 October at the age of 104.
Ivor served with the Wiltshire Regiment during World War II, landing with the 4th Battalion at the Mulberry Harbours at Arromanches on 19 June 1944 (D+13). He and his comrades would fight through the awfulness of the Normandy Bocage and across the Seine for more than 2 months without a rest.
He was dedicated to the Royal British Legion and immensely proud to be part of the Bromham commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day in June. He was a true gentleman and a legend in the Village.
As yet, we have no details of his funeral, but we intend to be there with the Branch Standard to honour him. I will let you know as soon as I am aware of the arrangements.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember him.
The photographs show Mr Gardner as a young man and on the left of the lower image, at the age of 95 years, receiving the Legion d’honneur along with his Wiltshire Regiment comrade Victor Reed (aged 96).
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