A World War II bomb disposal specialist has died at the age of 100.
Boyd Salmon, from Lymington, was one of the last surviving Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the war.
He died just before Christmas.
Joining the Navy at the age of 17, Mr Salmon was commissioned as an officer in 1944.
He served in the Royal Navy’s Enemy Mining Section, which was tasked with clearing ports and harbours of unexploded bombs and traps left by German forces.
A spokesman for the Navy said Mr Salmon, who held the rank of sub-lieutenant, helped clear bombs from Sword Beach in Normandy and the Dutch island of Walcheren.
His naval career ended when he was injured by shrapnel to his stomach from an exploding device, which was about 20 metres away from him.
Mr Salmon then met his wife, Jacqueline, a physiotherapist, while recovering from his injuries.
After the war, he became a chartered engineer.
A Royal Navy spokesman said: "We have lost one of the last links with brave men who sought to make post-war Europe safe with the passing of Boyd Salmon at the age of 100.
"Mr Salmon was one of the last surviving members of specialist Royal Navy teams of bomb disposal/mine warfare experts neutralising the vast quantities of unexploded ordnance which littered former battlegrounds.
"He died shortly before Christmas and his remarkable life was celebrated by fellow residents of the Lymington care home where he spent his final years."
Living in the New Forest town of Lymington, Mr Salmon enjoyed playing golf and painting.
A Navy spokesman said Mr Salmon marked his 100th birthday with a 40-minute helicopter ride over the Solent.
He also visited the home of the Royal Navy diving and bomb disposal unit on Horsea Island, Portsmouth, where he met his modern-day counterparts and organised a replacement set of his missing wartime medals.
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