D-Day

Geoff Wilson, from Templecombe, said he was inspired to create the piece after visiting a military cemetery in Ver-sur-Mare in France. The display features a ...

Watch great-grandad Bernard read out the note, which he has vowed to keep in his family, dressed in the uniform he wore on D-Day.

The event was part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC's) 'Lighting Their Legacy' torch roadshow, which aims to engage younger generations in ...

Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with ...

Both U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy attended whilst Russian President Vladimir Putin was not invited.

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: This week, President Biden and other world leaders will gather in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, ...

The boats, which can be seen from Poole Quay on Thursday evening, will recognise the contribution of the coastal towns in the Normandy landings 80 years ago.

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once ...

Watch great-grandad Bernard read out the note, which he has vowed to keep in his family, dressed in the uniform he wore on D-Day.

My grandpop Charles "Charlie" Truman lost several friends as he took part in the D-Day landings which would change the course of the Second World War.

Join us in the raising of The D-Day 'Flag of Peace' at West Northamptonshire Council's office buildings in Daventry and Towcester.

Mr Chafer said orders almost impossible to follow - to run into, not away from, the bombs.

Residents are invited to a flag raising ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings on Thursday 6 June. The Ceremony will take place ...

Newsround reporter Emma-Louise travels to Normandy with D-Day veterans Mervyn, Marie and Arthur. Here's her account of that moving journey.

Mr Newton served in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and worked as a loader in the crew of an amphibious Sherman Tank. At dawn on D-Day his landing craft ...

Bewdley Town Council will be commemorating the anniversary of D-Day during a short service at Bewdley Museum on Thursday, June 6.

A D-Day veteran from Blackpool who witnessed the horror of war on at Omaha beach is starring in a campaign for Blind Veterans UK.

Rochford District Council is set to participate in a historic national event commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Londoner Percy Chafer is thought to be the second oldest surviving UK D-Day veteran, and just a few months away from his 105th birthday in November he has ...

Historical D-Day structures on the Hampshire coast are once again accessible following repair work to a storm-damaged beach.

Service at the Ipswich Cenotaph, Christchurch Park 11:00 a.m. on Thursday 6 June.

A veteran who took part in the Normandy landings has described the anguish of battle ahead of the 80th anniversary. Centenarian Arthur Oborne ...

The UK will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings in June 2024 with a series of major commemorations and events across the UK and in ...

Beacons will be lit in Flintshire to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, honouring the bravery and sacrifice of those involved.

D-Day, considered by many to mark the beginning of the end of World War II, was the largest seaborne invasion force in history. On June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied ...

This Thursday, June 6, 2024, is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the World War II invasion of occupied Europe that eventually lead to the Allied Forces' ...

When my grandfather Charles “Charlie” Truman reached the shores of Normandy on 6 June 1944 as part of 150,000 Allied troops seeking to liberate France – and ...

Inspiring stories and poignant memories of life in wartime Leeds are being shared by the city's older people as part of special events to mark the 80th ...

Dozens of veterans of the Normandy Landings gathered at Southwick House in Hampshire today as a week of events marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day begins.

Cliff Dalton, 98, who is one of the UK's last surviving Normandy veterans, tells his story.

The British D-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in Northern France didn't need a calendar to ...

Veterans meet at Southwick House, Portsmouth, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

John Dennett, 99, is returning to Normandy to remember those who "gave their life for our freedom".

D-Day's 80th anniversary comes as war rages in Europe and the number of veterans who can tell their stories dwindles. Events commemorating history's most ...

Of the British and Canadian troops who took part in D-day on 6 June 1944, two-thirds set off for the beaches of Normandy from Southampton's docks.

A GIANT emblem has been painted on the grass in Mill Meadow, Henley, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday. The image, which reads, “D-.

A retirement village is calling on residents to help commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.

Ken Cooke, 98, has decided that the 80th anniversary commemorations this week will be the last time he revisits Gold Beach, where he landed as an ...