Posts Tagged ‘WWII’
A special day of events to mark the 75th anniversary of World War II’s artic convoys will be held in Liverpool on 31st October. Veterans of the convoys are being invited to a ceremony on board a Royal Navy destroyer that will pay tribute to those who took part in ...
Final plea to find Yorkshire family of World War II hero
August 25, 2016Appeal launched to trace Sergeant David Allan Ashton’s family after his grave site has been identified. Sergeant (Sgt) David Allan Ashton was just 18 years old when his RAF Bristol Blenheim aircraft went missing over France in May 1940. Today, the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), part of Defence Business Services, ...
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