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Second World War veteran receives two medals day after 100th birthday

A Second World War veteran who celebrated his 100th birthday on Thursday has been presented with two medals for his service in the Netherlands. Peter Colthup served in the Glider Pilot Regiment and took part in Operation Market Garden in the ...

18 Nov 2022 at 14:52

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

Second World War veterans celebrate their 100th birthdays with Spitfire flights

Two Second World War veterans took to the skies in Spitfire aircraft to celebrate their 100th birthdays. Robbie Hall, 100, and Dorothea Barron, who is 100 next month, flew in two Spitfires from the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar in ...

13 Sept 2024 at 08:00

D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider dies aged 100

A “one in a million” D-Day veteran who flew into Normandy on a military glider and survived being shot by a tank has died at home aged 100. Bill Gladden, of Haverhill, Suffolk, was just 20 years old when he arrived on a ...

24 Apr 2024 at 14:01

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Visit to Scotland ‘means the world’ to 100-year-old veterans, says charity

A charity preparing to bring three Second World War veterans to Scotland said it “means the world” to them to be revisiting sites linked with their wartime service. Donald Turrell, 100; Dorothea Barron, 100; and ...

13 Jul 2025 at 10:00

Polish army veteran, 101, attends mass during Edinburgh visit

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Polish army veteran, 102, attends mass during Edinburgh visit

A 101-year-old veteran understood to be the last surviving member of a Polish army division formed in Scotland during the Second World War has attended a mass in Edinburgh. Eugeniusz Niedzielski attended St ...

11 Aug 2025 at 20:16

Blitz survivor who joined Wrens aged 18 recalls efforts to defeat Nazi Germany

A 100-year-old veteran has described how she went “from school uniform into naval uniform” when she joined the Wrens to help defeat Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Growing up in London, Dorothea ...

03 May 2025 at 14:53

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