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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:59 PM Jun 2014

D-Day: Hove veteran disappears for Normandy trip

An 89-year-old WW2 veteran disappeared from his nursing home without saying where he was going and went to France for the D-Day commemorations.

The former mayor of Hove, Bernard Jordan, left the home at 10:30 BST on Thursday, and was reported missing to Sussex Police that evening.

Staff later discovered he had joined other veterans in France and was safe and well at a hotel in Ouistreham.

Earlier, it was believed care home staff stopped him going to the events.

Brighton and Hove police had tweeted: "90 year old veteran reported missing from care home. Turns out they'd said no to him going to #DDay70 but he went anyway #fightingspirit"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-27735086

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D-Day: Hove veteran disappears for Normandy trip (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jun 2014 OP
"Home care staff stopped him...?" FUCK THEM....pardon my language. MADem Jun 2014 #1
Love it...good for him! truebrit71 Jun 2014 #2
Good for him! LeftishBrit Jun 2014 #3

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. "Home care staff stopped him...?" FUCK THEM....pardon my language.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:20 PM
Jun 2014

How DARE they tell an adult what he can/can't do. Shame on them. He should sue their asses blue and change homes. He's old, he's not a prisoner.

This story infuriates me, as I guess you can tell! What NERVE!

LeftishBrit

(41,192 posts)
3. Good for him!
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:58 PM
Jun 2014

And how can care staff 'stop' him from attending an event? Advising against it is one thing; but he isn't in prison, after all.

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