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.

Major Mike Sadler, who died aged 103 at the start of last year, joined the elite Special Air Service after it was formed by David Stirling in 1941.

dropping elite paratroopers into German-occupied France to secure landing areas ahead of the main D-Day invasion. Col Hamilton was awarded five Air Medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross for ...

To commemorate his father’s service in World War Two, Nigel Stoate and his son sailed the Channel – and back – in their 1944 ...

A decorated American WWII pilot, who was the last surviving pilot from a pre-invasion Normandy mission, has died at the age of 102. Lieutenant Colonel David Hamilton, who was hosted by South Kesteven ...

Now, satellite photos have revealed the construction of a new fleet of D-Day-style landing barges needed ... built for the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II,” Sutton observes.

Spring break trips to Europe can offer surprising savings along with family fun and adventure. Spring is the shoulder season ...

The last surviving pilot to have taken part in a mission that began the allied invasion of Europe during World War Two has died aged 102. Lieutenant Colonel David Hamilton was based at RAF North ...

The number of military cemeteries brought tears to my eyes. All contained the remains of the young men from foreign lands who ...

Major Mike Sadler, who died aged 103 at the start of last year, joined the elite Special Air Service after it was formed by ...