Veteran, 99, starts poignant D-Day torch relay ahead of 80th anniversary
The torch will travel around the UK before crossing the Channel with veterans for the official commemorations in Normandy in June.
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D-Day Normandy veterans travel from across the UK for final gathering ahead of D-Day 80
The nine men laughed and shared stories about the D-Day and Normandy landings.
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Feature Exercise Tiger: How the top secret rehearsal for D-Day went devastatingly wrong
The aim was to prepare US soldiers for landing on Utah beach, but it ended in chaos and a massive loss of life
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Feature The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Veteran brings James Bond move alive in new film
Parachute Regiment veteran turned military adviser Paul Biddiss reveals how he tried to ensure accuracy while filming
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Special forces SAS Original Mike Sadler a true legend, says Special Forces veteran in tribute
A Special Forces veteran who knew SAS Original Mike Sadler says his pioneering work helped define what the Special Air Service is today.
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Special forces The late, great Mike Sadler: Damien Lewis' tribute to a founding member of the SAS
Author and former war and conflict reporter Damien Lewis pens a tribute to the last original member of the SAS.
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Veterans RAF veteran turns 100 and remembers his Kittyhawk, captivity and 34 years of service
Derrick Grubb was shot down, made a prisoner of war and force-marched hundreds of miles - but all wanted to do next was carry on flying.
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Veterans Radar operator and WAAF veteran involved in D-Day landings dies aged 107
Rose Davies was also a recipient of the Legion d'Honneur – France's top military honour – for her radar surveillance work.
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WWII Great Escape prisoners of war remembered 80 years on in moving ceremony
The poignant service included RAF personnel slowly parading the portraits of the 50 men who were recaptured and executed.
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WWII International military service commemorates Great Escape on eve of 80th anniversary
Personnel from several nations pay respects in Poznan, Poland.
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WWII Recaptured Great Escape airmen 'betrayed' by English informants, unearthed document claims
Breakout survivor, Desmond Plunkett, made the accusation in a post-captivity questionnaire held for decades by the National Archives.
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WWII The Great Escape: 80th anniversary commemorations to get under way in Poland
Events held in Poznan and the site of Stalag Luft III mark the escape of 76 Allied PoWs – and the murder of 50 who were recaptured.
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RAF Last living recipient of Second World War VC awarded one more medal - 75 years late
Flying Officer John Cruickshank VC, who flew Catalinas in the RAF, has been awarded his Air Efficiency Award 75 years after he earned it
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Veterans An honourable, brave man: Tributes paid to Bomber Command legend John Bell
Wing Commander John Bell served as a bomb-aimer with 617 Squadron in Bomber Command during the Second World War.
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Navy Philippe de Gaulle: Man who fought with Royal Navy and son of military legend dies aged 102
Admiral de Gaulle was the son of wartime military leader and French president General Charles de Gaulle.
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Weapons and Kit Bergen v Bergan: What do you call your military backpack?
Which version of the spelling for the British Army's backpack do you believe is correct?