A D-Day veteran is set to marry his former fiancée 70 years after they split up due to the trauma of his wartime experiences.

Roy Vickerman, from Hartshill, Staffordshire, called at Nora Jackson's home to apologise for their break up and told the taxi driver to wait outside for a few minutes while he presented her with a bunch of flowers.

Nora, 89, threw her arms around Roy as soon as she saw him and now, a year on, the couple have celebrated their engagement at Roy's 90th birthday party.

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Roy Vickerman celebrated his 90th birthday by getting engaged to his former fiancee, Nora Nicholls who he was engaged to during the war years, but lost contact for over 70 years

The couple first met in 1940 at school in Bucknall, Stoke on Trent and soon became engaged, but the outbreak of war interrupted their plans

The couple first became engaged after meeting at school, but war interrupted their plans. Roy was called up to serve with famous Black Watch, then joined the army intelligence corps.

He took part in the D-Day landings in June 1944, and the Battle of the Bulge which followed, one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the Second World War, lasting for nearly six weeks from December 16, 1944.

He was also wounded by a sniper during the invasion of Germany.

The veteran was given Nora's address by DJ Graham Torrington after he spoke about her on Graham's local BBC radio show.

The couple were reunited after Roy spoke about Nora on a local radio show and the host helped to find her address

Nora shows off her engagement ring, which Ron first presented her with 70 years ago

Roy took a taxi and flowers to Noras house, thinking that his first love was still happily married. But upon opening the door and receiving a big hug from Nora who had been widowed

Not knowing if his ex-girlfriend had a husband and not wishing to upset her, he simply planned to give her some flowers, apologise for the way their affair had ended, and then leave.

He said: 'I thought, "I won't go round because of her husband".

'I didn't know if she was still married, and I didn't want to upset anything.

'I thought about it for a week. I got into a taxi with a big bunch of flowers and I told the driver to wait for me.

Roy Vickerman aged 18 in Perth, Scotland in 1944, Just two weeks since joining the army (left). The veteran displays his medals at a remembrance event (right). Roy took part in the D-Day landings and the Battle of the Bulge which followed, and was wounded by a sniper during the invasion of Germany

After the war, Roy reunited with Nora but just wanted to be on his own. He says now that he was suffering from PTSD although he didn't know it at the time

'Nora came to the door and put her arms around me and gave me a kiss. Four hours later, I had to tell the taxi driver I was staying.'

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE Christmas Day 1944 witnessed some of the most blood-soaked, desperate fighting of the war in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge. It was so called because the German advance created a deep bulge into Allied lines as American troops fought in retreat against the might and speed of the German Panzers. Tens of thousands fought through the frozen Ardennes Forest in a mountainous region of Belgium in the dead of winter during Nazi Germany's last-ditch effort to drive back Allied forces between December 1944 and January 1945. At the end of the of the 41-day offensive, 19,000 American soldiers were dead. The British Army lost 1,400 lives. Total allied casualties are estimated at 110,000 - making it the bloodiest battle for American troops in all of World War II. Advertisement

Widow Nora, from Shelton, Staffordshire, who will celebrate her 90th birthday at the end of the month, said: 'I knew him straight away, but I never thought I would see him again.

'It was a shock to see him, because it had been such a long time, but it was lovely. It was just like old times.

'I did think about him over the years, in fact I dreamed about him a few times.'

The couple first met in 1940 at school in Bucknall, Stoke on Trent.

Roy said: 'I was evacuated from London. The teacher brought me to the front of the class and introduced me as the new boy from London.

'I looked at all the class and my eyes fell on this pretty girl, which was Nora.

'We left school and some time later I went to Finney Gardens Hotel and Nora was there with a group of girls.

'She was wearing a lovely yellow dress with pink roses, I still remember that.

'I went to talk to her and I asked her on a date.'

The couple soon became engaged - but the war interrupted their plans. The couple reunited when Roy came home.

A year on from their reunion the couple are now engaged for the second time and Roy's son has declared their reunion 'tremendous.'

The couple have become engaged for the second time, with the original ring Roy first used to propose

However, the relationship soon ended as Roy was suffering from what today would be diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder.

'I wanted to be on my own, I couldn't handle it,' said Roy. 'I suppose it was PTSD.

'Nora stayed with me as long as she could, but in the end I wanted to be on my own and she gave me the ring back.'

Roy and Nora both moved on with their lives, and they both married and had children.

Roy became an architect, while Nora worked for TH Collins in Broad Street, Hanley, before becoming a full-time mother.

Now, after reuniting, the original ring is back on Nora's finger.