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Olga Hopkins VE Day Story

lga Hopkins, who served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War, reflects with pride on her service and recalls how she celebrated the announcement of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, 80 years ago.

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Alan Kennett VE Day Story

Second World War veteran Alan Kennett, landed in Normandy as part of D-Day operations. Today he looks back on how he celebrated the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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Pat Owtram

Pat's story

Pat Owtram joined the WRNS at 18, listening to and translated enemy communications, while she and her sister feared for their father who was a prisoner of war.

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Kalu Sing's story

Kalu Sing Chhetri’s remarkable bravery in the Far East and as a prisoner of war commanding 1,500 Gurkhas has inspired generations of service.

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Sylvia's story

Sylvia Manasseh was born in Kolkata in 1918 and vividly recalls her service in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps in India during the Second World War.

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RSM Michael Kofi Adjivon in uniform

Michael's story

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.

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Gian's story

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.

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Captain Yavar Abbas

Yavar's story

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.

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Keith Botterill 1946

Keith's story

Keith Botterill was underage when he joined the Australian Army. He was captured at Singapore and endured the horror of prison camps in Borneo.

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Private Pessima Lamboi

Pessima's story

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.

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Norman Bartlett

Norman's story

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.

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