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She had already begun a budding romance with Ron, an RAF gunner, but believed she had been rejected when his letters went unanswered.

The family's journey through the past began when former gunner Percy, from Pimlico in central London, shared his story of landing on Sword Beach with the 7th Armoured Division of the British Army.

"I tried using the time constructively," Mr Devonport, who served as a Chieftain gunner in the First Royal Tank Regiment, said.

That changed the shape of the game, but Liverpool still had to be wary of the Gunner's threat on the counter - and tried to balance that with pushing for an equaliser.

Although more accustomed to playing out wide as a gunner, he didn’t blink at lining up at a position more often occupied by bigger linebackers, or sometimes even linemen.