Celebrations and parties were almost unheard of for the youngster, born in 1935, who had little memory of anything other than the daily trials of living through the Second World War.
Set at the end of the Second World War , the drama is available to stream on Netflix and delves into the story of the tragic accidental bombing of a school.
Hertfordshire's Dacorum Borough Council has come under fire for failing to put on a march to commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe on May 8.
Helen, 70, had always believed that her grandfather - who fled to Britain from as a Jewish refugee before the Second World War - had only served in the Home Guard.
The effigy rested atop Henry's coffin during his funeral in 1509. The head is all that survives after the body was destroyed by water during the Second World War.