WWII Veteran Presented With Service Medal 73 Years Later
Former Petty Officer Kathleen Blower served during the Second World War at HMS Vernon, now known as Gunwharf Quays.
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Veterans D-Day Veteran Ray Shuck Honoured At His Funeral – Months After Internet Stardom For Armistice Day Tribute
Armed Forces join hundreds of mourners following Ray’s death as paratroopers carry his coffin at his funeral service
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Scotland D-Day Veteran Writes A Personal Memoir At 97
97-year-old Scottish veteran William Glen recalls his experiences at the Normandy Landings in his latest book.
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Politics Ex-NATO Secretary General And WWII Veteran Lord Carrington’s Life Celebrated
He served as Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary and NATO Secretary General.
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Aviation History New WWII Museum At Former Biggin Hill Airfield Opens To Public
Biggin Hill was the busiest airfield during the Battle of Britain and Churchill called it his "strongest link".
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Veterans D-Day Veteran Fights Council To Fund Care Home
A 94-year-old veteran says he's being "left to die".
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WWII Mass Normandy Parachute Landing To Mark 75 Years Since D-Day
D-Day saw 156,000 troops land in Normandy in June 1944.
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News WWII Rescue Vessel Safely Arrives At New Home
The World War Two vessel has arrived in Hartlepool.
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WWII Prince Charles Visits Wartime Air Raid Shelter
The Prince of Wales saw the shelter while visiting a project marking his 70th birthday.
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History Poignant Commemorations Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and remember its six million Jewish Victims.
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WWII Dig For Victory: Do You Have Photos Or Memories Of The Wartime Campaign?
The Royal Horticultural Society is planning a commemorative exhibition of the campaign.
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WWII Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 Remembers Those 'Torn From Home'
The annual event looks to raise awareness not only of the atrocities of Nazi Germany but genocides that have followed.
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Veterans One Of The Last Survivors Of The Dambusters Raid Dies
Fred Sutherland was an air gunner on a Lancaster bomber which attacked German dams in 1943.
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WWII Clean-Up Underway On Vandalised RAF Memorial
The Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park was among a number in London splashed in white paint.
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WWII Dream Come True: Pensioner's Wish For Flypast Tribute Is Honoured
The campaign to fulfil the wish of the 82-year-old went viral on Twitter.
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WWII German Wartime Parachute Mine Caught By Fishing Boat
The Navy was among those called after the weapon was found off the south Devon coast.