This story was submitted to the People's War site by CSV/BBC Radio Nottingham on behalf of ALfred Booker with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions. At the start ...

The following diary of the events around the D-Day Landings was written by my father, Edward Francis Wightman, who served as a Royal Navy Seaman/Gunner on board HMS Ramillies. Friday, 2 June 1944, 8pm ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Thomas Arthur Russell and has been added to the site with the author’s permission.

The visiting officers and crew of the HMS Ramillies on parade, turning into Victoria Ave, while the townsfolk line the streets and watch. Whanganui Regional Museum Collection Ref: 1805.976 On January ...

The Sept. 6 Travel section contained a correction that referred to the names of two British warships as the HMS Roberts and the HMS Ramillies. If you were to write out, or at least speak, the full ...

OUISTREHAM, France (AP) — The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first morsel of one of World War II’s most closely guarded secrets: Prepare ...

The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first morsel of one of World War II’s most closely guarded secrets: Prepare yourselves, he said, for “an ...

18:04, Wed, Jun 5, 2024 Updated: 18:11, Wed, Jun 5, 2024 D-Day veterans enjoyed a day to remember in the Portsmouth sun today, as surviving war heroes came together, along with their families, senior ...