Appeal for people to attend D-Day veteran's funeral

Albert Price - whose funeral is on Friday afternoon - returned to Gold Beach in 2019, having been an 18-year-old gunner on D-Day, in 1944

An appeal has been made for people to go to the funeral of a D-Day veteran whose wife and daughter were his only family.

Albert Price, 98, had been an 18-year-old gunner with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards on the fateful day of the Normandy landings, in 1944.

The Military Lions, an official Aston Villa Football Club support group for the armed forces, put out the appeal for people to attend Mr Price's funeral, on Friday.

It will take place at the Robin Hood crematorium in Solihull, Birmingham, at 14:00 BST.

Albert Price and his wife Betty, both from Solihull, in Normandy in 2019

A Military Lions spokesperson said: "Please help give this Normandy veteran a proper send-off."

When interviewed about his involvement in D-Day, Mr Price had said: "None of us knew we'd be taking part in something that would go down in history."

On the 75th anniversary of the landings, Mr Price returned to Gold Beach, in Arromanches-les-Bains, with his wife Betty and other D-Day veterans to pay tribute to their former comrades.

Mr Price's funeral will be held on Friday at 14:00 BST