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Grandfather of Vicky McClure recalls D-Day role
BBC via Yahoo News· 18 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...
'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...
Wiltshire D-Day vet shares diary extract from fateful day
BBC News· 18 hours agoEight decades later, Mr Parish, now 98, has described his diary as one of his most prized...
I won’t let Titanic shipyard sink, vows Harland & Wolff chief
Daily Telegraph· 6 hours agoHarland & Wolff applied for the loan guarantee via UK Export Finance, which is aimed at freeing up...
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...
When George Washington Nearly Kidnapped a British Prince
Mentalfloss· 5 days agoDuring the American Revolution, George Washington, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army,...
Royal Navy seizes more than £64 million in drugs two months in high seas raids
Daily Express· 5 days agoAlso in April, HMS Trent seized drugs with a street value of £16.7 million in two separate blows to...
Crowds cheer as D-Day veterans set sail for France
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoThe Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel was accompanied by Royal Navy patrol vessels Trumpeter, Medusa and Basher as well as HMS Cattistock and the...
Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew
Houston Chronicle· 2 days ago-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in...
Wallasey D-Day veteran returns to Normandy to celebrate 80 years of freedom
BBC News· 2 days agoJohn Dennett, of Wallasey, Merseyside, was a Royal Navy anti-aircraft gunner on one of the 7,000...