Family learns soldier died a hero in 1944 (sacrificed himself to save 20 French children)

[The Straight Story]

Family learns soldier died a hero in 1944


COVENTRY, England, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The family of a British soldier has learned 65 years after his death in World War II that he sacrificed himself to save 20 French children.

The town of Annezin, France, plans to name a road after Robert Key, the Coventry Telegraph reported. While a British investigation ruled Key died showing off with a grenade, relatives now know he had always been regarded as a hero in Annezin.

Key died on Sept. 5, 1944, the day after Annezin was liberated. Townspeople say he snatched a live grenade from a child who had picked it up and it exploded before he could toss it away.

A genealogist in Key's native Coventry helped track down his surviving family at the request of the mayor of Annezin.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/12/12/Family-learns-soldier-died-a-hero-in-1944/UPI-54821260599268/

[AnneD]

1. Wow....

what a bitter sweet story. Some flower bloom in the sun some blooms go unseen.

[Joe Chi Minh]

2. Ther is a lovely photo of his sister and brothers, taken after receiving the news,

in an article on this in the Daily Mail, which I posted in the Veterans folder, yesterday.