US veteran, 100, to marry in Normandy on 80th commemoration of D-Day The man, who participated in the 1944 landings, says ‘positivity and love’ are the secrets to his longevity
Tributes made as last known Royal Navy Dunkirk veteran dies Lawrence Churcher died just days before his 103rd birthday
Last survivor of French D-Day commando unit dies aged 100 Léon Gautier’s unit was among the first wave of liberators on June 6, 1944 MBE awarded to British woman who trained WW2 spies for French missions War veteran writes open letter against wind farm plans on D-Day beach British veterans group in France needs help setting up breakfast clubs
Comment: The Algerian War remains controversial in France 60 years on The peace treaty was signed on March 18, 1962 but France still feels the impact of the war today
WW2 French liberation hero Pierre Simonet dies aged 99 Mr Simonet was one of three remaining soldiers decorated by General Charles de Gaulle for their role in the liberation of France.
French veterans against ‘immersive’ D-Day tourism project French veterans have come out against a planned project to launch an “immersive” tourist experience in France, that would recreate the 1944 Normandy embarkment and battle.
Armentières still remembered by D-Day hero Chelsea Pensioner and former bomb disposal corporal Frank Mouqué, 94, is one of the few surviving British D-Day veterans who will honour their fallen comrades in Normandy on this month’s 75th anniversary.
French ‘D-Day Land’ could be a fitting tribute Memorial tourism is one of France’s biggest industries, even though it is inevitably centred on groups of people who died in horrific circumstances.
Former services staff tuck in at French breakfast club A former Royal Engineer has started a Veterans’ Breakfast Club to give past and current service personnel a chance to meet up in France.
French charity gifted €1,800 in Mont-Blanc rower drama A French war veterans’ charity is to receive a €1,800 donation from a British charity, in a bid to make amends for the former British Commando who left a rowing machine on Mont-Blanc in September.
Remember... where to get your poppies in France Large areas of France are covered by the Royal British Legion, raising significant sums of money for the Poppy Appeal.
Remembering sacrifices made at Provence’s landings A new column written for Connexion readers by the British Ambassador to France Ed Llewellyn. He will be sharing an insight from his role every month. The white cliffs of Calvados Frenchman honouring lost heroes of World War Two Royal welcome for our Frank
Poignant event may be last for many old soldiers Professional photographer Sabina Lorkin has covered several of the D-Day commemoration events in Normandy but fears this will be the last where veterans will take part. Parachute drop is highlight of series of events Franco-British group’s century of care Town remembers fallen in two Anzac Day ceremonies Britain’s D-Day dead get their own memorial Memory of war lives on in forest flowers
Frenchman, 72, finds American brother from GI dad A retired American has told Connexion of the moving moment he and the French brother he never knew he had met for the first time – on Omaha Beach where their GI father landed on D-Day.
France to support Algerian war soldiers Nearly 60 years after the end of the Algerian war the government is to honour President Macron’s election pledge and give help to the harkis , Muslim Algerian troops who supported France.
Doyen des poilus went off to First World War at 76 The statue in Auxerre town centre honours a simple soldat but an unusual man – Charles Surugue, the oldest French soldier in the First World War.
Poppy pick-up points The Royal British Legion has set up pick-up areas for poppies in its nine branches: Paris, Bordeaux and south-west, Cannes-Provence, Central Brittany, Linazay-Poitou-Charentes, Nice-Monaco, Nord/Pas-de- Calais, Lyon and Somme. You can also order poppies by post.
D-Day vet Bob receives his Légion d’Honneur It took a few letters but 72 years after jumping from his landing craft on to Sword Beach in Normandy on D-Day Bob Jones has finally received his Légion d’Honneur from the French government.