Brit D-Day hero dies aged 99 as tributes pour in to one of 6th Airborne’s last veterans...
- Posted on February 21, 2026
- By The Sun
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Brit D-Day hero dies aged 99 as tributes pour in to one of 6th Airborne’s last veterans...

One of Britain’s last surviving members of the 6th Airborne Division which took part in D Day has died aged 99. Roy Burr was one of just a handful of its troops left. The 6th Airborne Division was …