A VETERAN of one of the most important campaigns of the Second World War has died aged 103, with his family paying tribute to him.
Donald McCaig - one of the famous 'Desert Rats' who served in Egypt and North Africa - lived in Moston, Manchester, all his life.
He died last month at a care home in the area.
A funeral service with military honours and a piper from the Army is being held tomorrow.
Donald, a corporal in the war, joined up as a teenager and served in North Africa for five years until the conflict ended, fighting in the Battle of El Alamein in 1942.
His son, Ian McCaig, said his father was one of the last surviving Second World War veterans in Greater Manchester and served with the Queen's Bays regiment (2nd Dragoon Guards).
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