Kenneth Hay MBE (3 August 1925 – September 2026) was a British D-Day veteran and prisoner of war. Four weeks after the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, he was captured by German forces and taken to Zabrze, where he worked as a prisoner of war in a coal mine. In early 1945, as the Red Army advanced, the prisoners were forced on a 1,000-mile (1,609 km) march across Europe before being liberated by American forces and returning to the UK on 4 May 1945. After the war, he was appointed an MBE for services to the community and received the French Légion d'honneur. Hay died in September 2026, aged 101.
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