Michelle Dewberry chokes back tears as 100-year-old veteran issues heartfelt thanks to GB News

Marking Armistice Day, Michelle asked Mr Gettings what the historic day meant to him, having served in the Royal Marines at just 18 years old.

The veteran said: "Well, it's the time to remember, isn't it? Of all the people who didn't come back home. They're the ones that we have to remember today."

Asked if he was "proud" to serve his country at such a young age, Mr Gettings told Michelle: "Of course I was proud to serve my country. Back in 1940, President Kennedy said 'don't ask what my country can do for me, ask what I can do for my country', and everybody responded in that way.

"I went to work on the farm on my summer holidays, to bring in the harvest, because all the U-boats were sinking our ships. And it was on a farm in North Yorkshire that had been a sheep farm, and they had very little staff with a lot of land.

"But we was made to plow it all up, to sow all the corn and oats and barley, and we did that straight from school, and all we had was a little Victorian contraption that cut the corn, tied it into bundles, and we made stokes and we did that day after day, and we enjoyed ourselves.

"And that was one of the ways in which I could help in the first place."

Celebrating Mr Gettings turning 100-years-old, Michelle asked the veteran what his secret is to living such a long and fulfilling life.

He bluntly quipped: "Avoid dying!"

Michelle then joked: "I was hoping you were going to tell me to drink alcohol every day or something like that!"

Thanking Mr Gettings for his service to the country, Michelle said: "Jim, can I just say on behalf of the nation, we want to say from GB News, myself, and all of our GB News viewers, we want to say thank you for your service.

"We are incredibly grateful for men like you and for everything that you did to ensure that we can have the life that we got right now. So thank you."

Touched by Michelle's gratitude, Mr Gettings told the GB News host: "Well, thank you for listening to me, and God bless everybody, because we're living in very bad times again, aren't we? So God bless."

Reflecting on her interview with the veteran, Michelle was overcome with emotion as she stated: "That just really touched me. Did you hear that sentence literally there towards the end? Thank you for listening to me.

"And I've got to say, I find it so important to try and talk to the veterans, to try and listen to their experience. It means so much to them that their experiences, memories and all the rest of it are passed down through the generations as well. What a guy."