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News Great Escape’s 75th Anniversary To Be Marked With Special Film Screening
Attendees will include 95-year-old Air Commodore Charles Clarke, who also spent time at Stalag Luft III as a Prisoner of War.
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WWII Hawker Typhoon: WWII's Forgotten Aircraft?
The aircraft saw flight in the D-Day invasion but was scrapped after just four years of service...
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WWII Rare Spitfire Lost In Norwegian Mountains To Fly Again
"To dig up and return the remains of a historically important Spitfire is the stuff of comic book 'Boys’ Own' dreams."
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UK Unexploded WWII Bomb Leads To Hyde Park Closure
Police have cordoned off the north and south bank of the Serpentine Lake.
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Veterans Have You Seen This Veteran's Missing D-Day Medal?
It was lost while he was attending the service at Strathblane war memorial in Stirlingshire at around 11am on Sunday.
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Veterans Five British Veterans Receive France's Highest Medal Of Honour
Four men and one woman have received the Legion of Honour for their role in liberating the country during the Second World War.
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Veterans Food Aid Promise For Commonwealth Veterans
Government says cash will help 7,000 veterans in more than 30 countries to prevent them from going hungry.
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Veterans Blind Veteran Makes 'Extraordinary' Discovery About War Hero Dad
The D-Day veteran has discovered he lives in the same centre that looked after his father after noticing his name on a honours board.
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Navy Royal Navy Divers Pay Tribute To Sailors Lost In Battleship Sinking
Eight hundred and thirty-four crew died after HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed on 14 October 1939.
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Black History Month Black History Month: Remembering The Personnel Of Both World Wars
Many black soldiers were recruited from the West Indies and Africa during the First and Second World Wars.
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WWII WWII Halifax Crew Laid To Rest 75 Years After Deaths
Communication with the aircraft was lost after seven crew members embarked on a supply mission from Italy.
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WWII Flush Money: Here's Your Chance To Buy WWII Toilet Paper
Bizarrely, the rolls were found alongside a gas mask...
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Black History Month Contribution Of West Indians During Second World War 'Overlooked'
RAF and Royal Navy veteran Allan Wilmot describes his wartime service for Black History Month.
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Stories How My Grandmother Guided Our Boys To Battle The Nazis
This incredible story follows one the hidden women of World War II...
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Germany Veteran Visits Site Where His Lancaster Bomber Crashed In Germany During WWII
It was the first time Air Commodore Charles Clarke had been there in 74 years.