A Lowestoft man who flew more than 30 missions during the Second World War and was honoured for "contributing to the Liberation of the Netherlands" has marked his 100th birthday in style. Jack Munday ...

In the summer of 1944, Wren Kathleen Oates was stationed on the Isle of Man, writing dozens of letters home about life and ...

Charles Auborn, 99, joined the Army aged 18 in 1944 and served as a gunner ... and finally Tripoli before being demobbed in 1947. Royal Navy veteran Cyril Jones Alston, 98, began his service ...

In August 1944, his younger brother ... When Ronald – who was known universally as 'Ronnie' – was demobbed, he lived in Newton Aycliffe and worked for Block and Anderson, a business machinery ...

Toyoshima, the first prisoner taken on Australian soil, was soon sent south to Cowra prisoner of war camp, where he became one of the leaders of the massive breakout in 1944. Brian was recommended ...

Three days after landing, his first contact in late June 1944 at Bayeux saw 20 of his comrades ... he did not return home to Cransford until he was demobbed in 1948. He worked as a lorry driver ...

He was demobbed in 1946 and then served on the frigate ... saw some 156,000 Allied troops landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944. It is thought as many as 4,400 were killed in an operation Winston ...

It features the first day of the invasion of Normandy in 1944 with glider borne troops ... He served a total of 12 years from 1937-49 before being demobbed. He served in 17 countries and was ...

Ken Pusey, now 98, had planned to spend the day at a cinema in Belgium on 16th December 1944 - the first day of ... Never.” He was demobbed in 1947, having served just over three years, and ...

Born in 1919, Geoff served in the 244 Battery of the 61st Medium Regiment, arriving in Normandy on 1 July 1944 with the task of hauling 25ft-long artillery pieces by tractor. He demobbed in 1946 ...

This was not to be. Just before D-Day Leslie was declared unfit for service due to a neurological condition that caused partial paralysis and he was demobbed at Christmas 1944. He always felt terrible ...