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UK’s military leaders praise ‘courage, bravery, ingenuity’ of D-Day participants
Press Association News via AOL· 55 minutes agoSpeaking at the national commemoration in Portsmouth, Hampshire, the First Sea Lord and head of the ...
D-Day 80: Royal Navy veteran dies days before anniversary
BBC News· 2 days agoLewis Curl served in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1946 and was often deployed out of Portsmouth.
Royal Navy veteran who survived Second World War freighter sinking dies aged 98
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoA Royal Navy veteran who survived the sinking of a freighter off France during the Second World War...
Should the Royal Navy join the US in a very exclusive club? Good idea, but expensive
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoThe Dreadnought class is, of course, the Royal Navy’s new class of nuclear ballistic-missile...
Portsmouth chosen to mark D-Day because of its key role in preparing invasion
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day agoThe port city and historic home of the Royal Navy was part of the 10-mile deep coastal strip from...
Questor: This defence company could keep leading the charge beyond its 100pc return so far
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 16 hours agoQinetiQ has outperformed the FTSE 100 index by 89 percentage points - Ben Corbett/Royal Navy/Crown...
D-Day: Exbury House Wrens sculpture unveiled
BBC News· 21 hours agoExbury House was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1942 and known as HMS Mastodon during the war, with more than 100 Wrens, the Women's Royal Naval...
Crowds vow D-Day should ‘never happen again’ as veterans sail to France commemorations
The Independent via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoBrittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel was accompanied by Royal Navy patrol vessels Trumpeter, Medusa...
‘Mixed feelings’ as D-Day veterans sail for 80th anniversary commemorations
Press Association News via AOL· 21 hours agoDozens were on board Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel on Tuesday morning, many in good spirits,...
UK D-Day veteran says on 80th anniversary: 'We were making history'
Reuters· 2 days agoRoyal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was "making history" when he set off across the English Channel 80 years ago on the eve of D-Day, a momentous ...