As a Second World War veteran, Andrew Gauld has faced his fair share of battles. A rear gunner in the RAF’s Lancaster bombers regularly flying on dangerous missions over occupied Europe, he confronted his own mortality almost nightly.
Miraculously, he survived. But now, at the age of 97, Andrew is dealing with a new enemy – dementia. The brain-wasting disease has wiped his short-term memory and left him needing medicines to calm his agitation and despair.
‘Most of the time