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Memorial service at wreck of River Plate Battle HMS Exeter
Memorial Service for wreck of WW2 HMS Exeter HMS Kent, one of the Royal Navy's most modern warships, looked back at history as she remembered one of her illustrious World War II predecessors last ...
Daily Mail29d
The saviour of Charing Cross: Medals awarded to WWII hero who disarmed Nazi bomb with a hammer and chisel are set to fetch astonishing sum
In 1943, he added OBE to his name after tackling a mine dropped off Seasalter, near Whitstable in Kent. The explosive was ... PM following disastrous start to WWII, letter reveals 'His gallantry ...
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Time-Lapse Video: HMS Kent Returns to Port
Watch HMS Kent’s return home like never before in this stunning time-lapse video. Capturing the ship’s graceful approach and ...
ABC News9d
Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France
The device was found close to where dozens of Olympic events were held. LONDON -- Eurostar trains to London, including all trains heading to northern France, stopped abruptly on Friday morning ...
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HMS Exeter is celebrated in a new set of Falklands stamps.
On a return visit to the wreck site by MV Empress in April 2008, another Ensign ‘donated’ for the occasion by the crew of the destroyer HMS Exeter - D89, was attached to the port torpedo tubes ...
CNN8d
‘Really huge’ unexploded WWII bomb found outside Paris triggers major rail disruption
Trains to and from Paris were heavily disrupted following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb early on Friday near the world’s third-busiest train station. Almost 500 trains were ...
Kent Online8d
Eurostar resumes London-Paris services after unexploded WWII bomb removed
Eurostar services between London and Paris are to resume after the removal of an unexploded Second World War bomb found near tracks in the French capital. On Friday, the operator was forced to ...
Detroit Free Press26d
Plaque honoring J.L. Hudson workers who served in WWII moves to fourth department store
A heavy plaque honoring employees of the former J.L. Hudson Co. who served in the military during World War II is on the move again, this time to its fourth department store. The silver-toned ...
London Evening Standard28d
Landlady of pub where woman was fatally shot heard loud bangs ‘like fireworks’
A woman in her 40s died at the scene in the car park of The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt, Kent, on Friday evening. The incident occurred at Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt, Kent, on Friday ...
The Independent28d
Man ‘may have entered Thames’ after woman dies in shooting at village pub in Kent on Valentine’s Day
Police say a man suspected of shooting dead a woman at a Kent village pub on Valentine’s Day may have entered the River Thames. Kent Police said it was called to a “disturbance” at the Three ...
The New York Times26d
Gil Won-ok, Crusading Victim of Wartime Sex Slavery, Dies at 96
She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, during World War II. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Gil Won-ok ...