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Michael Kofi Adjivon’s journey from Ghana to the jungles of Burma and his post war military career and sporting achievements continues to inspire his family.
Gian Singh’s Gian's battalion was deployed to the jungles of Burma, where he undertook the actions that would earn him the Victoria Cross.
Yavar Abbas trained as a combat cameraman, following the troops of the 14th Army and documenting the extraordinary reality of the war in the east.
Keith Botterill was underage when he joined the Australian Army. He was captured at Singapore and endured the horror of prison camps in Borneo.
Pessima Lamboi, from Sierra Leone, was one of 600,000 Africans to serve in the war. He bravely faced gruelling combat and conditions in Burma.
Norman ‘Norrie’ Bartlett’s extraordinary service in the Royal Navy took him across global conflict zones, culminating in the Pacific, and witness to the war’s end.
The Battle of Britain raged across our skies 85 years ago. We remember the brave pilots and groundcrew who served.
It’s 25 years since the ban on gay men and women serving in the Armed Forces was lifted. To mark this historic milestone Marci George tells her story.
Lee jumped at the chance to serve in Bosnia. “They were short of Control Signallers so that's why they wrote to me seeking volunteers.”
“When you’re there, you just react, you get fired upon and you witness ethnic cleansing, but afterwards it hits you.”
Anna led 30-truck convoys of aid. “It was sliding towards the edge of the cliff. I just said to the driver, ‘jump!’”
Jonathon was in command of the 1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers: “We are not leaving here till we’ve got those boys back.”
1944 was a pivotal year in the Second World War. As well as the Battle of Normandy, we remember other landmark battles from Italy to India that paved the way to peace.
Jack Ansell was called up to serve in the Second World War while working at the Post Office. He joined the Royal Signals before being captured in Greece in 1941 and spent four years as a prissoner of war in Austria.
Feel-good cook Melissa Hemsley is helping us celebrate VE Day with her root veg fritters recipe, inspired by the waste-not rationing mentality of World War Two.
Available from October 2023, the new poppy is made entirely from paper and can be recycled in ordinary paper recycling collections.
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