British World War II veteran Bernard Jordan returned to his nursing home to applause on Saturday after sneaking away unannounced to attend the D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France.

After being denied a trip to return to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of the event with the Royal British Legion, World War II veteran Bernard Jordan took it upon himself to go anyway.

Bernard Jordan left his care home on June 5, 2014, determined to honour his fallen pals at the D-Day 70th anniversary in a story now immortalised in film starring Michael Caine ...

The runaway war hero who made a great escape from his care home to travel to Normandy for last year's D-Day anniversary has died aged 90. War veteran Bernard Jordan was reported missing from his ...

Bernard Jordan. His death was announced by Gracewell Healthcare, which runs care home in Hove, East Sussex, where Mr Jordan, known as Bernie, lived.

The coffins of Bernard Jordan (front), a war veteran who left his care home to attend last year's 70th anniversary D-Day events in France and his wife Irene, are carried from All Angels Church in ...

Irene Jordan, 88, passed away on Tuesday evening, seven days after the death of her 90-year-old war veteran husband Bernard Jordan. Mr Jordan was reported missing from his home in Hove, East ...

Bernard Jordan embodied the spirit of initiative and derring-do of a generation whose like may never be seen again, when he left his care home last year at the age of 89 to join the 70th ...

The story of Bernard Jordan, the British citizen who escaped from his nursing home in 2014 at 89 years old to travel to the anniversary of the greatest amphibious invasion ever dared, is a ...