The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will attend ‘D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings’, an evening of music-led, multi-generational storytelling, reflecting on the Second World War at ...
D-Day was the largest military seaborne operation ever attempted, and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe. It involved the simultaneous landing of tens of ...
On June 6, 1944, the first report of the D-Day landings arrived at Thorney Island's Royal Air Force base near Portsmouth, England. The winged messenger who relayed the news at 1:46 p.m. was a ...
Roy Hayward lost both his legs in Normandy aged 18 after his Sherman tank came under attack [PA Media] A veteran tank crewman who lost both his legs after landing on Gold Beach on D-Day has died ...
In the early hours of June 6th 1944 Allied forces began the greatest military assault ever attempted They came to Normandy by both air and sea with one objective to get a toehold on the content ...
A tapestry exhibition knitted and crocheted by hundreds of volunteers worldwide and is to go on show in Co Fermanagh. The ...
June 6, 2009 sees the 65th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and to mark this occasion we are offering three lucky winners and their guests a fantastic four-day escorted Battlefield break ...
One of Norwich's sons who served in the Second World War and spent two decades as a policeman is turning 100 this year.
A Royal Navy veteran who serviced his country during the D-Day landings has celebrated his 100th birthday on Hayling Island.
In his Christmas broadcast, King Charles III paid tribute to WWII veterans and service personnel across the Commonwealth, ...
A STOURBRIDGE D-Day hero has been left “overwhelmed” after enjoying a double whammy celebration to mark his 100th birthday.