Oswald Dixon: Hundreds Attend 100-Year-Old RAF Veteran's Funeral
Former RAF serviceman Oswald Dixon passed away in September.
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History Hidden London: How Churchill And A City Took Refuge Underground
The exhibition shows how disused stations were turned into top-secret bunkers during the Second World War.
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Veterans Appeal For Mourners After 100-Year-Old RAF Veteran Dies Without Family
A care home is asking for people to pay their respects at Oswald Dixon's funeral.
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USA Seven Killed As US Wartime Bomber Crashes
The Second World War-era bomber was carrying 10 passengers and three crew members.
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Navy Navy Bomb Disposal Team Detonates WWII Device
The 987kg German Second World War explosive was found in the wreck of a 17th-century warship.
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Veterans WWII Veteran Returns To Skies At RAF Ridgewell
Ninety-five-year-old Casey Bukowski served at the RAF station in Essex during the Second World War.
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Veterans WWII Veterans Celebrate Veterans' Day At Biggin Hill
The Second World War veterans shared stories in the hangar alongside an iconic Spitfire.
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Women New Exhibition Celebrates 250 Years Of Women And The Royal Navy
It tells the stories of some of the remarkable naval women who have served over the years.
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WWII Graveside Service Honours Battle Of Arnhem Heroes
At the cemetery, 1,770 soldiers are buried, including 1,650 British troops.
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WWII Mass Parachute Drop Marks Battle Of Arnhem Anniversary
British troops landed where they had done 75 years before for Operation Market Garden.
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WWII British Paratroopers To Recreate Historic Market Garden Jump Over Arnhem
Personnel from eight allied nations will descend to Arnhem's drop zone, 75 years on from Operation Market Garden.
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WWII Battle Of Arnhem: British WWII Veteran To Parachute Over Dutch City
Mr Cortmann hopes to tandem parachute over Ginkel Heath and land on the same drop zone he jumped on to more than seven decades ago.
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News Veterans Return To The Netherlands To Mark 75 Years Since The Battle of Arnhem
The battle claimed the lives of more than 1500 British soldiers and saw a further 6500 captured.
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WWII Honorary Citizenship For WWII Heroes Who Died Liberating The Netherlands
Over 300 former soldiers will be granted the unique honour by a Dutch town.
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WWII Para Veteran Unveils Operation Market Garden Monument In Arnhem
The Dutch city has been commemorating the 75th anniversary of Op Market Garden, which sought to capture a strategic bridge over the Rhine.
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WWII Operation Market Garden: 75 Years Since One Of The Largest Airborne Operations In History
The objective was to secure a bridge over the Rhine as part of an Allied invasion of Germany.