Lancashire Telegraph on MSN8h
Tributes to D-Day hero after his death aged 99
A MUCH-loved veteran of the Normandy landings from East Lancashire has died at the age of 99. Ex-Scots Guard Ted Davidson, ...
Berkshire Eagle5d
'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
Norwich Evening News1d
80m D-Day diorama made entirely of yarn headed to Norwich
History buffs and knitters will be sew impressed when this 80-metre-long D-Day diorama comes to the Forum in Norwich in February.
Christopher Jary to give talk on Dorset's D-Day involvement
The talk will detail Dorset's involvement in D-Day, particularly of the first British infantry landing on the Normandy beaches; the 231 Malta Brigade, made up of the the 1st Hampshires, 1st Dorsets ...
Hosted on MSN1d
France's Extraordinarily Picturesque Port Town Is A Colorful Creative Gem Beloved By Artists
A centuries-old harbor in France has long inspired painters such as Claude Monet and Eugène Boudin. Today, artists still ...
Top Gear on MSN3d
Meet Nigel Stoate: the D-Day Channel crosser
To commemorate his father’s service in World War Two, Nigel Stoate and his son sailed the Channel – and back – in their 1944 ...
New Orleans’ National WWII Museum: a grand American war story
Walking through New Orleans’s National WW II Museum, you could be forgiven for thinking the Axis powers were defeated ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers5d
Fort Pierce's lease with Little Jim nearing expiration without a new deal on the table
FORT PIERCE — The city last year canceled the process of awarding a new lease for its North Hutchinson Island property that ...
Petersfield Post2d
Peeps into the Past: Can you answer reader’s appeal for information on local D-Day hero Cpl Sippetts?
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.