article_snippet: Bernard Jordan became known as the Great Escaper after Bernard Jordan absconded from Bernard Jordan carers, caught a ferry to Caen and turned up in Normandy with Bernard Jordan service awards pinned to Bernard Jordan blazer.
article_snippet: Bernard Jordan absconded from his carers, caught a ferry to Caen Caen and turned up in Normandy with his service awards pinned to his blazer his blazer .
article_snippet: Bernard Jordan was a 19-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant when on June 6, 1944, Bernard Jordan was on a tank-landing craft in the first wave of boats to hit the Normandy beaches.
article_snippet: Bernard Jordan had already taken part in the Battle of the Atlantic - the cat-and-mouse conflict between Allied ships and German U-boats over the vital supply routes from Europe to the United States.
article_snippet: At one stage Bernard Jordan was part of the boarding party that captured one of the Enigma coding machines, used by the Nazis to scramble messages, from an enemy submarine.
article_snippet: Without telling anyone, including Bernard Jordan wife Irene, the plucky pensioner caught a ferry to Caen in Normandy and made Bernard Jordan own way to the service.
article_snippet: D-Day: Bernard Jordan was a 19-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant when on June 6, 1944, Bernard Jordan was on a tank-landing craft in the first wave of boats to hit the Normandy beaches .
highlights_snippet: Bernard Jordan caught a ferry to Caen, Normandy and made Bernard Jordan own way to the service .
  