D-Day veteran who escorted allied troops landing in Normandy dies aged 101

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D-Day veteran who escorted allied troops landing in Normandy dies aged 101

Francis ‘Jim’ Grant joined the Royal Marines aged 18 in 1943 and served until 1946, patrolling beaches and escorting allied troops.

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