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George Batts

Tributes paid to D-Day hero who helped create Normandy Memorial

George Batts from Maidstone was just a teenager when he landed on the beaches in 1944. His job was to clear mines.

8 Nov

D-day veteran celebrates 100th birthday with golf tournament in his honour

Ken Wright from Rochdale was among allied forces storming the Normandy beaches

14 Oct

'I admired her': 102-year-old D-Day veteran pays tribute to the Queen

Fred Adamson first heard news of the Queen's death while he was at a civic reception in France for his wartime contribution.

15 Sept

Funeral held for D-Day veteran who fought on Normandy beaches

Tributes paid to D-Day hero who died at age of 97

What is in the world's only surviving D-Day ration pack?

First bricks laid at Portsmouth stadium named after Second World War veteran

Family and friends gather in Hampshire for decorated war veteran's funeral

Normandy veterans gather to mark 77th D-Day anniversary and memorial opening

D-Day veterans honoured in Portsmouth on 77th anniversary of allied landings

'If anyone said they weren't scared they were liars': Gordon's memories of D-Day

Veteran achieves lifelong mission for memorial honouring British D-Day heroes

Gloucestershire: Youngest survivor of D-Day Normandy landings dies aged 94

Veterans given first look at restored D-Day landing craft in Southsea

Funeral held for 95-year-old D-Day veteran