The liberation of Europe was a momentous task consuming the energies of millions of people. The thousands of troops who went ...

THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the viewpoint in Port-en-Bessin, the site of a daring raid following D-Day.

Cecil Newton, from the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, was in the thick of it as the allied forces stormed the beaches at ...

Aged 101 Cecil Newton, from Aldbourne, in Wiltshire, who served in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, died peacefully in his ...