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'Good Morning Britain' viewers heartbroken as D-Day veteran breaks into tears

Chris Edwards
·Contributor


Good Morning Britain viewers were left heartbroken today as a D-Day veteran broken down in tears after recalling his devastating memories of the war.

Ted Cordery, who served on board the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Belfast on D-Day, appeared on the morning show to encourage other veterans to join him in revisiting the beaches of Normandy.

Asked about the horrific events of D-Day, Cordery said: “There was hundreds and hundreds of these aircraft and we knew that something was amiss.”

D-Day veteran Ted Cordery
D-Day veteran Ted Cordery

He then broke into tears before adding: “It annoys me when all these films are all ‘bang, bang, bang.”

“Since the war I’ve lost my mates,” he continued. “I’ve seen the ashes go over the side of the HMS Belfast.”

Viewers at home took to Twitter to share their emotional responses to seeing Cordery break down in tears, with many praising him for his heroism.

One viewer tweeted: Watching the D day veteran on GMB this morning made me have a few tears. If it wasn’t for people like him, we wouldn’t have the life we do now, my hat is off in respect for an amazing guy.”

While another wrote: “God bless Ted, the D-Day veteran and HERO. Choked me up watching him get upset reminiscing about it. Great that the #RoyalBritishLegion will help get him back to those beaches where he lost so many friends.”

“Watching Ted on GMB is breaking my heart. What an absolute hero he is,” added another.

Today’s GMB host Kate Garraway also admitted to being “emotional” due to the overwhelming response from viewers.

“It’s making me feel emotional reading them out,” she said.

Garraway’s co-host Charlotte Hawkins also paid tribute to the war hero by posting a photo of the three of them on her official Instagram account.

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Such an amazing response after Ted Cordery appeared on @GMB today. He spoke so movingly about his memories of D-Day, ahead of a veterans’ trip there in June. A remarkable man, so dignified, who we all owe so much to, but still doesn’t consider himself a hero. We salute you Ted #dday #veterans #tedcordery #royalbritishlegion #gmb #goodmorningbritain

A post shared by Charlotte Hawkins (@charlottehawkins1) on Feb 26, 2019 at 2:16am PST

She wrote of the ‘amazing response’ the show has received from Cordery’s emotional appearance and called him ‘a remarkable man.’

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