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Veteran recalls being thrown from ship in explosion weeks after D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days agoA Royal Navy veteran has recalled being thrown from his ship after an explosion that killed 31...
Veteran visiting Normandy on D-Day anniversary to ‘pay respects to shipmates’
Press Association News via AOL· 5 days agoA Royal Navy veteran plans to visit Normandy on the 80th anniversary of D-Day to pay his respects to...
Landing craft tanks played ‘vital role’ in success of D-Day
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day agoThe first motor landing craft was built by the Royal Navy in 1926 but it was at the insistence of...
Flag waving and flypast mark major D-Day commemorations for 80th anniversary
Press Association News via AOL· 11 hours agoSome 11 veterans with the Spirit of Normandy Trust joined commemorations in Colleville Montgomery on...
Grandfather of Vicky McClure recalls D-Day role
BBC via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoRalph McClure, now 97, served in the Royal Navy, ferrying tanks and heavy equipment to the beaches. Recalling how he had to take cover when his landing...
Wiltshire D-Day vet shares diary extract from fateful day
BBC News· 16 hours agoEight decades later, Mr Parish, now 98, has described his diary as one of his most prized...
'This Is What We've Been Fighting For.' British Veteran Remembers D-Day
International Business Times· 2 days agoJohn Roberts was a 20-year-old British Royal Navy officer during the D-Day landings 80 years ago and...
Royal Navy seizes more than £64 million in drugs two months in high seas raids
Daily Express· 4 days agoAlso in April, HMS Trent seized drugs with a street value of £16.7 million in two separate blows to...
Crowds vow D-Day should ‘never happen again’ as veterans sail to France commemorations
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBrittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel was accompanied by Royal Navy patrol vessels Trumpeter, Medusa...
'This is what we've been fighting for.' British veteran remembers D-Day
Alaska Superstation· 2 days agoJohn Roberts was a 20-year-old British Royal Navy officer during the D-Day landings 80 years ago and...