Invictus Games, Sydney 2018 Generations have drawn on the words of William Ernest Henley’s poem, Invictus, for strength during times of adversity. The final two lines of the poem: “I am the master of ...
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A war veteran has celebrated his 100th birthday with a special present – France’s highest military honour. Great-great-grandfather Leonard Holloway has been awarded the Légion d’Honneur fo ...
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The local wife of a World War Two veteran will be travelling to the beaches of Normandy on her own for the first time this year, as she marks the70th anniversary of D-Day. In previous years, Lorna, wh ...
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These incredible Google Earth-style images of trenches zig-zagging the pockmarked World War One battlefields are expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction. The aerial pictures form part of an e ...
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