"We did not want to take this step but it is unavoidable"
Scots World War II veteran has 100th birthday bash cancelled due to coronavirus lockdown
06.04.2020 - 17:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A war veteran's plans for his landmark 100th birthday were shattered to due the coronavirus outbreak forcing him to spend it home alone with his wife.
Jack Ransom, 99, was gutted his birthday bash for 80 of his friends and family was cancelled amid the pandemic.
He was desperate to celebrate reaching the milestone after an astonishing life which included surviving the infamous Burmese Railway of Death as a prisoner of war.
He avoided contracting cholera, dengue fever and malaria - but now
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