Coronavirus: WWII Veteran Recovers From COVID-19

A 99-year-old former guardsman who survived three years in a German prisoner of war camp has left hospital after recovering from COVID-19 on Friday.

Albert Chambers, who will be 100 in July, is now "fit and well" according to the hospital.

Mr Chambers was admitted to Doncaster Royal Infirmary after breaking his arm in a fall but showed signs of coronavirus after he was moved to Tickhill Road Hospital for rehabilitation.

"Albert has been a wonderful patient," nurse Paige Lax said.

"He’s fought to get better. He wanted to get back home.

"He’s pretty amazing."

Mr Chambers was a Coldstream Guard in the Second World War and, at one time, helped to protect Buckingham Palace.

He was wounded in Germany and spent three years in a prisoner of war camp, the hospital said.

Mr Chambers said he was "a very lucky man" as he was discharged on Friday.

"When I get home I’m going to tell all of my neighbours how marvellous the nurses are here," he said.

"I want to say thank you very much to them.

"I appreciate every bit of what they have done for me. They couldn’t have been any better," he added.

Cover image: Members of medical staff at Tickhill Road Hospital clapped as Second World War veteran Albert Chambers was dismissed after surviving coronavirus (Picture: NHS North East & Yorkshire/Twitter).