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One of last surviving D-Day veterans remembers day he stormed Gold Beach

Ken Cooke was just 18-years-old when his 7th Battalion The Green Howards waded ashore on the morning of 6 June 1944 in the first wave of landings.

14 Mar

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Funeral 'with all the trimmings' to be held for RAF pilot and D-Day hero

Ken Handley, from Cropredy, died in February at the age of 98.

13 Mar

Funeral held for war hero who was a spy on the beaches of Normandy

The funeral has been held for Taunton's D-Day veteran Jim Booth, who died in December at the age of 101.

6 Jan

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

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

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

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