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Normandy veteran Henry Rice dies aged 100

Henry Rice, a signalman from Cranleigh in Surrey who served off Normandy in the days after D-Day, has died aged 100.

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Bust-Henry Rice,1906 (cropped)
Bust-Henry Rice,1906 (cropped) Minnesota Historical Society Heritage Preservation Department

Henry Rice, a Second World War veteran from Cranleigh, Surrey, has died aged 100. He served as a signalman off Normandy in the days following D-Day.

Rice was involved in the Normandy operations after the Allied landings, carrying out signal duties off the French coast. The supplied information does not include further details about his service or the circumstances of his death.

He was 100 at the time of his death. No additional information has been provided about funeral arrangements or tributes.

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