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Lorry driver Stephen Williams, 30, was jailed for two years for terrorising his teenage lover A former soldier who terrorised his teenager lover by pouring corrosive liquid over her head and stabbing her with a pen has been jailed for two years. Lorry driver Stephen Williams, 30, forced the girl, who was 18 at the … Read more
The family of a British soldier who was killed at Dunkirk have finally received a poignant letter he wrote to his mother just days before his death nearly 80 years ago. Private Harry Cole, 30, penned a letter to his mother Rosa on May 26, 1940, predicting with hopeless optimism that German troops would soon … Read more
A solider fell to his death in a climbing accident in the Swiss Alps when a rock holding his abseiling rope toppled over as he descended a mountain, an inquest has heard. Lance Corporal Hayden Prince, 24 from Cambridge, was on a private trip with two mountaineering friends while on annual leave from the British … Read more
Personal belongings of an 18 year old soldier killed in the Somme were stored in a suitcase and hidden in an attic by his grieving mother who couldn’t bear to look at them found 90 years later Private Ted Amborse was gravely wounded in the head, arm and leg in 1916 He was rushed to … Read more
An 85-year-old former solider is one of around 30 homeless people sleeping at Heathrow Airport because their immigration status has left them unable to claim benefits – including emergency accommodation – during the coronavirus pandemic. Mike, who did not want to reveal his last name, told MailOnline he had been sleeping in Terminal 5 since … Read more
Archaeologists have unravelled the demise of a high-ranking warrior in Ancient Greece who underwent incredibly complex head and neck surgery 1,500 years ago. It is thought the male was a high-ranking Caballarius — a mounted archer or lancer — in the Grecian army whose life was ultimately ended by a fatal ear infection. Detailed analysis … Read more
The wife of a former British soldier who was among the ‘Chennai Six’ has described giving birth during lockdown as ‘the most terrifying thing she’s ever been faced with’. Yvonne Irving, 31, of Paisley, Renfrewshire, is married to Billy Irving, 39, with whom she shares three children, the youngest of which she welcomed on April … Read more
Harry Hamilton during his time in the army in WWII. Cheeky Harry Hamilton was a regular private but claimed to speak German – winning him a promotion to captain The family of Brit WW2 soldier has revealed the extraordinary story of how he blagged his way up the army – then accidentally ‘liberated’ Paris. Cheeky Harry … Read more
Horrifying moment an Australian SAS soldier shoots DEAD an unarmed Afghan man cowering in a wheat field in what’s been labelled a ‘straight up execution’ The footage was taken moments after a group of soldiers landed in a village Within three minutes of their arrival soldier shot an Afghan man three times The SAS soldier later … Read more
Exactly six months from today, he will see his greatest wish come true when he watches the unveiling of the tribute to the 22,442 men and women who never came home. But yesterday, D-Day veteran Harry Billinge was the one being honoured as he met the Queen at Buckingham Palace and received the MBE for … Read more