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Fine wine is key to long and happy life, says veteran marking 102nd birthday

Fine wine and good food are the secret to a long life, according to a Second World War pilot who celebrated his 102nd birthday this week. Harry Gamper was born in 1920 and celebrated his milestone on Tuesday at Malin Court Care Home in Maidens, ...

22 Jul 2022 at 13:23

Cambridge college seeks to install 12ft memorial to codebreaker Alan Turing

A Cambridge college has lodged new plans to erect a memorial to wartime codebreaker Alan Turing within its grounds. King’s College said the 12ft (3.6m) sculpture would be designed by Antony Gormley and made of 19 steel blocks, weighing 3.1 ...

25 May 2022 at 12:32

Group of Second World War veterans meet for lunch in London

A group of Second World War veterans have met up for lunch in central London. The 30 former soldiers – some who were on the Arctic convoys, members of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and veterans who landed at Normandy – ...

10 Feb 2023 at 16:34

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Leon Gautier, last surviving member of elite French D-Day unit, dies aged 100

Second World War veteran Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of an elite French unit that joined US and other Allied forces in the 1944 D-Day invasion to wrest Normandy from Nazi control, has died at the age of 100. His death was ...

03 Jul 2023 at 14:17

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Ben Ferencz, last living prosecutor of Nazi war crimes, dies aged 103

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who prosecuted Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi concentration camps, has died aged 103. Mr ...

08 Apr 2023 at 21:39

Bones discovered on farmland identified as Second World War airmen

The remains of two Second World War airmen have been returned to their families after being discovered on North Yorkshire farmland almost two years ago. The human bones were discovered at the remote location near Chop Gate, in the ...

03 Feb 2022 at 16:55

World leaders should focus on climate change, RAF veteran urges for V-J Day

A former RAF pilot who protected the Bay of Bengal from Japanese invasion during the Second World War has said world leaders need their heads “knocking together” as he reflected on the 79th anniversary of V-J Day. Jack Hemmings, ...

14 Aug 2024 at 15:30

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Al Murray and James Holland ride through London on Second World War-era ‘tank’

Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland rode through central London on a Second World War era armoured vehicle on Wednesday. The co-hosts of the Second World War-themed podcast, We Have Ways Of Making You Talk, drove ...

20 Nov 2024 at 19:46

Officers’ mess used by Dambusters given listed building status

The mess hall used by officers who led the famous Second World War Dambusters Raid has been designated as a listed building by Historic England. The officers’ mess at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire has been designated as a ...

20 Oct 2023 at 05:29

World

Danube drought reveals Second World War German battleships

The worst drought in Europe in decades has exposed a part of Second World War history that had almost been forgotten, with the hulks of dozens of German battleships emerging from the Danube River as its water levels ...

30 Aug 2022 at 16:29

World

Japanese shrine that honours war dead is vandalised again

Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted Second World War war criminals, has been vandalised again. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the shrine’s dignity has ...

19 Aug 2024 at 08:39

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