A British World War II veteran who received the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur for his bravery as a teenager celebrated his 95th birthday Sunday with a surprise party. As the nation remembered its war dead Sunday, the day took on an extra poignancy for Hubert as it fell on his 95th birthday. The sprightly great-grandfather attended his local remembrance service as he does every year before his family surprised him with a birthday party at his home. "Then we went to the remembrance service and took him for a coffee, where all his friends were waiting to surprise him. “Every year we go to church for the Remembrance service and we always know it’s going to be around his birthday.

Source: Fox News November 11, 2019 01:13 UTC