Clayhall D-Day veteran Len Brace dies of coronavirus, Ilford Recorder
One of the last surviving Second World War veterans from east London has died of coronavirus at the age of 95. Len Brace, veteran British Army driver who left his Ilford home at 18 in the height of the blitz and served in the D-Day invasion, died on Saturday at King George Hospital, Goodmayes.
Len, who received the Legion d’Honneur in 2015 in recognition of his contribution to the liberation of France, travelled back to Normandy annually with the Taxi Charity for Military Ve