Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

A tabletop map shows the location of the D-Day landings and a split-screen presentation ... fighters and Allied soldiers who died in Normandy. Recent visitors appreciated the comprehensive and ...

TRIBUTES are being paid to war veteran Joseph Thomas who has died aged 99 and will have a memorial funeral service at York Minster tomorrow (Wednesday, January 22) . Joseph – known as Joe to friends ...

The number of military cemeteries brought tears to my eyes. All contained the remains of the young men from foreign lands who ...

The World War II veteran served in the army. His oldest daughter, Nancy Moats, told 69 News Schermerhorn was just 22 when he ...

During the Second World War, he was involved in the Marseille landings – an operation in the south of France that acted as a diversion to draw attention away from the Normandy operation.

What Alfred didn't know was that Westerbork was a camp whose inmates were to be transported to Auschwitz. Wolfgang would ...

The King and Queen looked to be in high spirits as the enjoyed a morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham - ...

When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...