D-Day veteran continues to support National Memorial Arboretum as he celebrates 100
A D-Day veteran is continuing to support the National Memorial Arboretum on his 100th birthday by asking people to make donations as a way of celebrating his birthday.
A D-Day veteran has asked for people wishing to celebrate his 100th birthday to make a donation to the nation's place of remembrance.
Bill Redston, from Wolverhampton, is celebrating his birthday today (Thursday, November 28) with his children, before a party is thrown in his honour on Saturday, November 30 at the Mount Hotel in Tettenhall.
Once there, he will be joined by 100 guests and a performance of wartime hits from 40s-style singer Miss Beth Belle.
He requested that anyone who wants to celebrate his birthday to make a donation to the National Memorial Arboretum in his honour, and has set up a JustGiving page for online donations.
The centenarian was part of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, with his motor launch escorting a convoy of essential supply vessels to Utah Beach the day after it had been captured by U.S. troops.
He joined the Royal Navy Coastal Forces as a commissioned officer when he was just eighteen, and a few months later he became First Lieutenant on motor launch ML 191, where he served throughout the Second World War.
