After the war, he worked for his wife Beryl's business, a fruit and vegetable wholesaler called Stephens and Pope in St Austell. Medal dealer Mr Bennetts, 61, said he could have sold the medals ...
A medal awarded to a homing pigeon who helped the Dutch resistance during World War Two has been unveiled at a museum. Tommy, ...
A Middlesbrough veteran who ‘told a little fib’ to get into the army when he was just 16 has been honoured with France’s ...
The Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, was awarded for bravery 54 times between 1943 and 1949: to 18 ...
The medals include the 1914-‘18 British War Medal and Victory Medal, the 1939-‘45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal and 1939-‘45 War Medal, a George VI Distinguished Service Cross ...
Ulric was awarded the British Distinguished Flying Cross ... who was recognised for his contribution to World War Two, and his medal was the highest honour awarded to a Black South African ...
A landmark exhibition of medals celebrating British military bravery is to be closed by the Imperial War Museum – to the ... The living medal holders were also not believed to have been informed ...
The Cumbrian racing pigeon was awarded a Dickin Medal after assisting the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War.