D-Day veteran who died aged 100 to be laid to rest

A veteran who was one of Scotland's last survivors of the D-Day landings is to be laid to rest after his death at the age of 100.

Jim Glennie was an 18-year-old soldier when he took part in Operation Overlord - the largest air and sea invasion in history - on 6 June 1944 to liberate Europe from Hitler's Nazi regime.

His family described Glennie, from Turriff in Aberdeenshire, as a "hero".

He celebrated his 100th birthday in August last year and put his survival down to "sheer luck", but died earlier this month. Monday afternoon's service will be held in Aberdeen.

The hearse is due to set off from the Gordon Highlanders Museum and head to Kaimhill Chapel.

There are expected to be pipers, flag bearers, and a guard of honour going into the chapel.

Pte Glennie began his military service at Aberdeen's Bridge of Don Barracks.

He was with the Gordon Highlanders when allied forces began landing on the beaches of Northern France on 6 June 1944.

He saw the body of a fallen soldier as he entered the water from a landing craft but knew he had to carry on.

Amid heavy German resistance, Glennie and his comrades managed to advance inland.

Eventually he was shot in the arm and captured.

Glennie ended up at one of Germany's largest prisoner of war camps, Stalag IV-B, where he said food was scarce and they were always hungry.

He was filling bomb holes as part of his prisoner duties when his German captors vanished in early 1945.

The camp was liberated and he made his way to American forces before being taken home to his family.

Once Europe was liberated he was due to deploy to Japan, but the war ended before he was sent.

He went on to became a welder. He and his wife Winifred were married for more than 40 years before her death about 15 years ago. The couple had two children and one grandchild.

A portrait of Glennie hangs in the Gordon Highlanders Museum, where he was a volunteer for 30 years.

On his 100th birthday he received a British Empire Medal to recognise his volunteering.

The museum celebrates the story of the British army regiment, which was originally raised by the 5th Duke of Gordon in 1784.

In a statement after his death, relatives said: "He was our hero as well as a great dad, granddad and father-in-law.

"There is a hole in our life now without him.

"He is finally getting to be with our mum again after so long apart."

John McLeish, chief executive of the Gordon Highlanders Museum, recalled a favourite memory of Glennie meeting King Charles at the museum in 2025.

"For Jim that wasn't the first time that he met His Majesty," he said.

"But I will never ever forget him meeting the King by saying 'long time no see'.

"An absolute Jim classic that none of us will ever forget."