Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
His death was announced on Sunday by the British Normandy Memorial, for which he was an ambassador.
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he → announce → which
“His passion for education was unwavering,” the organisation said in a statement on social media.
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organisation → say → media
“The countless schoolchildren whose lives he touched with his stories of courage and resilience nicknamed him ‘Grandad Ken’.
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he → touch → him
“We extend our most sincere condolences to Ken’s sons Chris and Jeremy, all the Hay family and his very many friends.
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We → extend → sons
An extraordinary gentleman whose remarkable life will never be forgotten.”
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life → forget → ?
Mr Hay, from Upminster in East London, served in the 4th Dorset infantry regiment and landed at Courseulles-sur-Mer days after the Allied invasion of Normandy.
“We went out on night patrol, was supposed to be doing a blow up of a self-propelled gun in no man’s land, but in fact, it was behind their lines,” Mr Hay said.
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Hay → serve → lines
“So they let us through and then very unfriendly, they sealed it and wouldn’t let us back, so we had a battle.
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we → let → battle
“We had 30 went out on our patrol, 16 including my brother, who was a corporal, got back, five of us got captured and then presumably nine got killed.”
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nine → go → us
As the Russians approached, the prisoners were marched to a new location, approximately 1,000 miles away, during which many of them died.
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many → approach → them
During the three-month march, Mr Hay said he once “lay down to die” after it became too painful to continue, but two friends turned back for him and lifted him with an “arm around each shoulder”.
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friends → say → shoulder
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Eventually they were liberated by American troops and Mr Hay returned to the UK, via Reims, on May 4 1945.
Recalling the moment he made it to his mother’s house in Barking, he said: “They came running down the road to greet me.
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They → read → me
“They were having breakfast, I’d had breakfast with the Army, so I just had a cup of tea with them and we all went off to mass.
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we → have → mass
“I’m a Catholic, and we all went off to mass and I was home in time for VE Day on the 8th of May.”
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I → ’m → May
After the war, he was appointed an MBE for services to the community and received the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest order of merit.
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he → appoint → merit
Mr Hay regularly visited British schools to share stories of the war and answer questions, saying he believed it was his “duty to pass it on”.
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it → visit → it
Earlier this year, he attended a remembrance service at the General Montgomery monument in Colleville-Montgomery with fellow Second World War veteran Henry Rice as part of commemorations marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.
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he → attend → Day
Recalling one of his school visits, Mr Hay said he had been asked by a 13-year-old girl how wars could be stopped.
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wars → recall → girl
He said: “I was stumped.
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I → say → ?
How do you stop wars?
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you → stop → wars
And then Saint Paul came to my rescue…
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Paul → come → rescue
I said to her, ‘Love.
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I → say → her
Love yourself, your friends, your family at home, the people you met today, the people you met yesterday’.
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you → love → home
“If we could all do that, there’d be no wars.”
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we → do → that
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