Lieutenant Ian Hammerton, 91, from Dartford, Kent, is one of a small band of surviving D-Day officers. He was among the first to land at Juno Beach on 6 June 1944. He commanded five “flail” or “crab” tanks, belonging to the 22nd Dragoons, equipped with frontal booms and chains to detonate mines
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