Floral tributes were laid to Hector Duff at the war memorial in Onchan Hundreds of people on the Isle of Man have paid their respects to Normandy veteran Hector Duff, who died last month aged 101.

Hector Duff fought in campaigns in North Africa, Italy and France during World War Two A Manx Desert Rat ... "Five thousand boats there were there... the largest armada the world has ever seen ...