An army captain who came to Bermuda at the beginning of the Second World War with the US Army has died at the age of 104.

Fred Clipper was posted to the Island to protect the country as well as the shipping supply convoys from enemy submarines lurking in the Atlantic. Within a year of his deployment he married Bermudian Rosemary Champness and went on to start a family and call the Island home. Mr Clipper was born in Baltimore, Maryland and was 32 when he arrived in Bermuda on May 7, 1942 as part of the US Army artillery division.

He went on to work at the airport initially for Bermuda Aviation Services and then became the operations manager for Air Canada before retiring at 65.

He was renowned for three decades of work with the Red Cross that continued well beyond his 100th birthday — their headquarters on Point Finger Road is named after him.

Mr Clipper also volunteered for Bermuda Physically Handicapped Association, Meals on Wheels and the Centenarian Transport programme.

He passed away on Sunday at his Paget home.