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37 hours ago

'Underage' D-Day hero dies aged 102: Tributes paid to WWII commando who signed up at 17 before helping to capture Pegasus Bridge during Normandy landings

Roy Cadman landed at Sword Beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was part of the relieving force for Major John Howard's 6th Airborne Division paratroopers who had seized the bridge.

4 months ago

Medals of WWII D-Day hero who helped to liberate Bergen-Belsen death camp are re-united with his family 30 years after they had to be sold to pay for widow's care

Regimental Sergeant Major Eric Lines won the prestigious Military Medal for helping to defend Pegasus Bridge on June 6, 1944, during the D-Day Normandy landings.

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