World War Two veteran Jack Hinchliffe has told GB News about his joy in celebrating Armed Forces Day after admitting he is "surprised" to see so many locals turn up.In the seaside town of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, Britons marked the occasion with a carnival parade and Red Arrows display.FULL STORY HERE.
00:00It's Armed Forces Day today. What does a day like this mean to you?
00:04Why is it so important celebrating our forces and our veterans like yourself?
00:08Why is it important?
00:09It's great to see so many people here today.
00:13It surprised me that so many people have come forward to celebrate the Armed Forces Day.
00:25Anyway, it's great to be here and see so many people.
00:33And tell me a little bit about your service. Where were you based and where did you serve?
00:401945, I was in Norway. 1943, I was in Egypt. Just two different contrasts.
00:55I've been all over.
01:00And what was Egypt like? What were you involved in, in Egypt?
01:05Preparing for the Second Front.
01:09I was practicing briefly on the beach at a place called HMS Dundonald.
01:25HMS Dundonald, in peace time, was the Buckley Dundonald.
01:32But in wartime, it was the HMS Dundonald.
01:37You were in the Royal Engineers. What did you do? What was your role? What was your job?
01:43The role I had, driving bridges about. Barely bridges.
01:58We crossed every river in the south of England with a barely bridge.
02:16And celebrating a day like the Armed Forces Day, why is it right that we remember your service and the service of those that are no longer with us?
02:28These friends of mine, not mine, was Ernie Stein, Billy, Billy Harrison, both gone. My schoolmates.
02:45And er, I shan't see them anymore. They were shot down.
02:55Billy Jack, Billy Harrison, went across on one of the first thousand bomber raids and waited to give permission to land to refill it.
03:14And he crashed. So therefore he did his job, but couldn't get any petrol, any fuel to carry on.
