# One of UK’s last surviving D-Day heroes dies aged 100

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/one-of-uks-last-surviving-d-day-heroes-dies-aged-100/
- Published: 2026-11-07T17:57:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T18:03:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2264170/charlie-horne-d-day-veteran-dies-scotland
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- D-Day veteran Charlie Horne has died aged 100.
- He served on a minesweeper under fire off France in 1944.
- London Poppy Day raised a record £1.7 million.

## Summary

New details confirm that Charlie Horne died on 3 November at Erskine Veterans Charity’s Edinburgh Home, aged 100, just weeks before his 101st birthday. One of the UK’s last surviving D-Day veterans, he was among a generation whose firsthand connection to the Second World War is dwindling as Remembrance approaches.

Horne was 18 when he served aboard a wooden minesweeper clearing sea lanes off the French coast; his vessel came under fire on 6 June 1944. He later served in Asia and North Africa, left the Royal Navy in 1947 and returned to fishing. He had three daughters with his wife Jenny, who died in 2009, and was awarded France’s Legion d’honneur. Separately, the Royal British Legion raised a record £1,703,851 on London Poppy Day, with around 2,500 personnel and volunteers collecting donations.

## Coverage

- [Daily Express: One of UK’s last surviving D-Day heroes dies aged 100](https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2264170/charlie-horne-d-day-veteran-dies-scotland)
- [Daily Mail: Salute to a hero as one of Scotland's last surviving D-Day veterans dies aged 100](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16274323/Salute-hero-one-Scotlands-surviving-D-Day-veterans-dies-aged-100.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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