英18歲情侶因戰亂分離 72年後重逢前緣再續

The childhood sweethearts, D-Day veteran Roy Vickerman, 90, and his bride-to-be Nora Jackson, 89, are now set to marry, 72 years after Roy first proposed in 1944.
童年時代的一對愛侶，諾曼底登陸日的軍人羅伊·威克曼，今年90歲，他的準新娘諾拉·傑克森，今年89歲，現在準備好要結婚了。羅伊早在1944年就求婚了。

The couple first met in 1940 at school in Staffordshire. They fell in love and got engaged in 1944, both aged 18, a week before Roy went to fight in the D-Day Landings in Normandy.
這對情侶最初1940年在史丹福郡的一所學校裏認識。他們墜入了愛河，於1944年訂婚，兩人當時18歲，而一個禮拜後羅伊去諾曼底登陸戰鬥了。

Roy was later shot during the Allied Invasion of Germany in 1945 and the shell-shock he suffered on his return to England eventually led to the breakdown of his relationship with Nora.
羅伊後來在1945年德國盟軍入侵時遭槍擊，回英國途中飽受彈震症之苦，最終導致和諾拉分手。

They both moved on with their lives and went on to marry and have children, followed by grandchildren, although they both sadly lost their partners in later years.
他們彼此繼續生活、各自嫁娶，有了小孩和第三代，儘管後來他們婚姻中都痛失伴侶。

Nora didn’t think she’d ever see Roy again, but she still thought of him occasionally. And, 70 years later, Roy tracked his childhood sweetheart down. After he called the BBC Midlands radio show ‘Late Night Love’, to tell their wartime story.
諾拉沒想到自己能重見羅伊，但仍會偶爾想起他。70年後，羅伊一路追溯自己孩提時代的戀人的下落。他致電英國中部BBC一檔名爲“深夜摯愛”的廣播節目，講述他們倆的戰時故事。

Not knowing whether Nora was married or not, Roy simply planned to give her a bunch of flowers, apologise for the way their romance ended.
羅伊並不知曉諾拉是否結婚，他只想着要給諾拉獻上一捧花，爲他們的浪漫愛情不了了之說聲抱歉。

A year on, Roy proposed to Nora for a second time, during his 90th birthday celebrations. They’re now planning a summer wedding.
一年後，羅伊在90歲生日的時候第二次向諾拉求婚。他們計劃夏天舉辦婚禮。