The invasion of Normandy wasn't accomplished strictly through American forces. Meet the 3rd Canadian infantry division that stormed Juno Beach. Their mission was to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the ...

Peeps’ recent series on Victoria Cross recipients has prompted an intriguing query from a reader about a decorated D-Day hero who gave his life in the bitter fighting just a week after the landings.

Jack Hemmings died on January 24 in hospital in Sussex, the Mission Aviation Fellowship charity announced. | ITV News Meridian ...

A former RAF pilot who launched a charity which flies humanitarian aid to isolated communities has died, with his wife paying tribute to him having “lavished 103 years of love” into the world.

Jack Hemmings visited the Bayeux War Cemetery in France ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day last year (Jane Barlow/PA) Mr Hemmings co-founded humanitarian aid service MAF in the aftermath of ...