Following on from his account of the 3rd Mons experiences in the Great War, local author Douglas McArthur turns his attention ...

Bloemfontein - A Bloemfontein couple last heard from their son, a member of the British 7th Armoured Division - the so-called Desert Rats - just before he left for Iraq. But they now know that he is ...

Bill McDonald is chairman of the group and thanking everyone for their support he said: “The VE Day 80 celebrations was our first event and it turned out a great success. A smal ...

George Benham, who would have been 101 next month, served with the 7th Armoured Division. His account vividly ... The area suddenly came under heavy bombing by British and American aircraft.

Offical celebrations kick off on Bank Holiday Monday with a military procession and flyover Buckingham Palace attended by the Royal family and Sir Keir Starmer.

Surrey-born Donald was born on Christmas Eve 1914 and signed up to the British Army in 1939 ... Desert Rats starring Richard Burton. The 7th Armoured Division was formed in 1938 to protect ...

The British general in command issued an order ... The occupants fled, pursued by Frenchmen who had flung away their of the 7th Armoured Division, the 'desert rats', who had a jerboa as the ...

The Desert Rats, otherwise known as the 7th Armoured Division, were stationed in Thetford Forest between January and May 1944 and the museum commemorates the famous British fighting force who took ...

He had been a career British soldier who signed up to fight ... was then sent to reinforce the 7th Armoured Division, more famously known as the “Desert Rats”. Pte Francis (Frank) McGuinness ...

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A Cromwell tank driver, Richard Aldred was attached to the 7th Armoured Division and arrived in Normandy in July 1944. The British tank advance had been halted by German Tiger Tanks under the ...

He served on the front line with the 7th Armoured Division. A former sniper and Desert ... Born on Christmas Eve 1914 in Surrey, Donald enlisted in the British Army in 1939 at the age of 25.