When a Black GI was sentenced to death in dubious circumstances ahead of D-Day, a furious outcry among ordinary Britons helped establish his innocence in one of the most moving episodes of the Second World War Daily Express :: News Feed
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British town criers will proclaim the start of global D-Day commemorations
Oyez! Oyez! We WILL remember the Normandy lionhearts who laid down their lives on D-Day to secure our freedoms Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »One of Britain’s last surviving D-Day veterans dies aged 99
Walter Bigland was just 19 when he disembarked from a landing craft on Sword Beach with 45 Commando on June 6, 1944. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘There are no words’ D-Day veteran overwhelmed as he’s recognised in New Year Honours list
D-DAY veteran Harry Billinge has been recognised in the New Year Honours list after his fundraising efforts made headlines around the world. After appearing on the show earlier in the year, the BBC Breakfast team visited Harry who revealed he was overwhelmed by the news and explained why fundraising for those soldiers who never returned home is so important to ...
Read More »‘I’ve heard a lot of b******t – you weren’t there!’ D-Day veteran SLAMS ignorant society
BBC BREAKFAST hosts Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt welcomed D-Day veteran Harry Billinge to the show this morning to discuss his outstanding fundraising efforts for the Normandy Memorial Trust. During his appearance, the veteran hit out at those who discuss D-Day but have no real concept of what happened. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Urgent appeal for well wishers to attend British D-Day hero’s funeral who died 101
VETERANS are urging the public to attend the funeral of a British soldier who fought at D-Day after he passed away aged 101 with only a few surviving relatives. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Dances with Wolves star and D-Day veteran Chief David Bald Eagle dies aged 97
DANCES WITH WOLVES actor Chief David Bald Eagle, who worked with Kevin Costner, John Wayne and Errol Flynn and survived D-Day, has passed away aged 97. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Read More »Dances with Wolves star and D-Day veteran Chief David Bald Eagle dies aged 97
DANCES WITH WOLVES actor Chief David Bald Eagle, who worked with Kevin Costner, John Wayne and Errol Flynn and survived D-Day, has passed away aged 97. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
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