leon gautier has died at 100. he attended d-day commemorations last month and the unveiling of a plaque and his honor last october when he turned 100 years of age. >> it has been more than 70 years since the landing. it's a memory you don't forget. reporter: leon gautier was part of a unit of 177 french commandos that spent time on the front lines, dwindling numbers of those that waited on the sixth of june 1944, and just to doesn't escape to doesn't escape death or injury. decades after the conflict, he still grappled with the violence of war. >> not all that long ago, and perhaps you find this silly, but with perhaps i killed a young lad, perhaps i orphaned children. perhaps i widowed a woman or made a mother cry. i don't know. and i didn't want to do that. reporter: he joined the free france movement in london in 1940. he went to fight in congo, syria and lebanon before joining the normandy assault. after the war, he became a campaigner to peace, went into his wartime experience. anchor: remarkable man, 100 yea

leon gautier was one of only 177 french nationals to join allied forces as they carried out the biggesthe normandy area and became a campaigner for peace. a regional mayor called him "a local hero" who was "an ardent defender of freedom". thanks for watching. i am sumi somaskanda in washington. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. weather conditions are remaining on the unsettled side for the time of year, all thanks to low pressure. we could see some pretty wet weather across the south and the south—east of the country through tuesday. probably the best of the sunshine a bit further northwards. but even here, for much of the rest of the country away from the south, there'll be plenty of showers around, too. now we've got two weather fronts around. this one's a weakening one in the north. this one is a developing one. and this is going to bring some wet weather to southern britain through this morning. and the rain will pep up, become heavier, in fact, as we head through the morning across the south and the south—east, maybe some thundery bursts in there. this weather front acros