The funeral service for Bernard Jordan, the D-Day veteran who broke out of his care home for the 70-year commemorations, has been held today along with his wife's - after she died just a week after him.
Hundreds of mourners, including war veterans and RNLI members, packed St Michael and All Angels Church in Brighton, East Sussex, this morning to bid farewell to the couple, who were married for more than 50 years. Mr Jordan, who was known as Bernie, was 90 when he passed away on December 30 - six months after he earned the nickname of 'the Great Escaper' following his cross-Channel adventure last summer.
Together: It emerged this week that Irene (left) and Bernard - known as Bernie - Jordan (right) left their £600,000 estate entirely to the RNLI charity. Mr Jordan was a former mayor of Hove and is pictured wearing the ceremonial chain
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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