Special Birthday Treat For Record-Breaking Veteran Pilot
95-year-old William 'Harry' Hands shared his wartime experience during a surprise tour of RNAS Yeovilton.
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WWII Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday With Replacement Medals
Former Sergeant Glyn Gurner lost his wartime service medals in the 1950s.
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History Mudlarking: Digging up clues into military history
Over 15 years Nicola White has found live bullets, grenades, military buttons, pocket watches and Royal Navy crockery.
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Aviation History 'Bittersweet': Last Airworthy Gloster Meteor Of Its Kind Makes Final Flight
Entering service 75 years ago, the aircraft was the first fighter jet used by the RAF.
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WWII Great-Grandmother Reunited With Lost Wartime Love Letter
The letter was responding to her accepting a marriage proposal.
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Naval History New Images Released Of HMS Royal Oak Wreck
Divers are working on a survey of the battleship ahead of the 80th anniversary of its sinking.
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WWII D-Day Landings To Feature On Special Edition Coins
The anniversary on 6 June will be marked with a £2 coin.
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WWII Why Dame Vera Lynn Nearly Cancelled Her D-Day 50th Anniversary Appearance
The British Government had planned sandcastle-building contests and a Spam fritter cooking competition to mark the anniversary.
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WWII Royal Mail Apologises After D-Day Stamp Error
It is after a stamp designed to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings used a picture of US troops landing in Dutch New Guinea.
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WWII Son Receives Father's War Medals... 75 Years After German POW Camp Escape
The son of an Irish Second World War hero has been given the medals his father never received.
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WWII Canadian Navy's Wartime Heroism Saluted On HMS Belfast
Eighty Canadians served on HMS Belfast during the Battle of the North Cape.
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Germany Germany To Compensate WWII Kindertransport Refugees
Refugees who fled Nazi Germany will receive €2,500 (£2,250) compensation from the German government.
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Diversity Wartime Secret Agent And Crimean War Nurse Among New £50 Note Suggestions
World War Two radio operator Noor Inayat Khan and Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole are among names put forward to appear on the bank note.
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WWII Roald Dahl's WWII Medals Reunited With Family
The children's author and former fighter pilot never collected them because of a “bureaucratic mix-up”, according to his grandson.
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WWI Dunkirk Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday With WWI Tribute
The event at Catterick Garrison was a celebration of two centenaries: the 1918 Armistice and David Evans' birth.
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Special forces Medals Of 007 Inspiration Sold for over £38,000
Sergeant Major Tom Winter captured Ian Fleming's attention by escaping a Prisoner of War camp in disguise.