Princess Anne, Arnhem
Anne lays wreath and meets veterans at Battle of Arnhem commemorative event
The Princess Royal has laid a wreath and spoken with veterans at a service commemorating the soldiers who died during the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago. Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence,
Final act: Arnhem veterans pay respects on 80th anniversary
Walking with a stick, flanked by two members of his family and bathed in the light of a late September morning, 99-year-old Geoff Roberts laid the last of the wreaths at the Airborne Memorial Service for the battle of Arnhem.
Princess Anne pays tribute to fallen heroes on 80th anniversary of Battle of Arnhem
Princess Anne laid a wreath in the Netherlands today to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem
The Princess Royal has attended events in The Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden.
What A Bridge Too Far got right – and wrong – about the Battle of Arnhem
Richard Attenborough’s epic recreation of the doomed Operation Market Garden – in which a lone German soldier walks across Arnhem Bridge with a white flag, to suggest to the decimated British forces,
Parachute Drop From RAF A400M Marks 80 Years Since Battle of Arnhem
NATO nations have recreated the Second World War airborne invasion of the Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Roly
80 Years since the Battle of Arnhem; “a bridge too far”
Allied airborne troops entered a Nazi-occupied Netherlands, their descendants paid respects to the bravery of soldiers who had made vigorous efforts to end the Second World War.
Carlisle military ceremony marks 80 years since Arnhem battle
THE Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment marked the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden in Carlisle over the week end.
Princess Anne lays a wreath on anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem
The Princess Royal attended a ceremony at the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery to lay a wreath on land close to the same landing zone used 80 years ago during Operation Market Garden.
Paras mark 80th anniversary of battle for Arnhem bridge
Service to commemorate Operation Market Garden 80 years on attended by Grimsby and Cleethorpes Paratroopers Regiment Association
King pays tribute to ‘heroism and sacrifice’ to mark 80 years since Arnhem
The King has said the “heroism and sacrifice made by so many in the pursuit of peace” will never be forgotten as the 80th anniversary of a famous Second World War operation was commemorated. The King’s words were spoken by the Princess Royal,
Hero still remembered 80 years on from WW2 battle
Commemorations have been held in The Netherlands this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of the largest airborne assault in ...
Daily Express7d
Heroic pilot who sacrificed his life to save comrades at the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago
After careful planning, the Battle of Arnhem would finally get under way on Sunday, September 17. The first arrivals on enemy soil were the 21st Independent Parachute Company, who landed at 12 ...
The Daily Telegraph3d
What A Bridge Too Far got right – and wrong – about the Battle of Arnhem
Was there anything else?” By this point in the film, the fight to control the bridge – the Battle of Arnhem, which was fought 80 years ago – has raged for more than a day, recreated by ...
News and Star4d
Carlisle military ceremony marks 80 years since Arnhem battle
Units, including The Border Regiment, that served in this campaign were awarded the Battle Honour ‘Arnhem’. In a post on social media, Carlisle MP Julie Minns said: “Today we remember the ...
Pub landlord Al Murray trades pints for parachutes as expert on Britain’s heroic stand at Arnhem joins para pilgrimage
PUB landlord comic Al Murray has become Lord of the Landings. Murray is now one of the leading experts on the disastrous Battle of Arnhem which is being commemorated today. A book Al has written ...
I was 19 when thousands around me died in war – and I was captured as a POW. Now I’m going back for very special reason
HE was among 35,000 men who fought the Germans for nine long days in one of the bloodiest battles of World War Two. But 80 ...
Armed robbery in Revesby2d
Arnhem 80: WWII Stories
Operation Market Garden was a plan conceived by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery to hasten the end of the Second World War by ...
One of Britain’s last remaining Arnhem survivors, 99, watches as paratroopers fill the skies above the town 80 years on
THE skies above Arnhem were full of parachutes again yesterday — 80 years after brave British troops made the same jump during World War Two. An audience of more than 100,000 people watched as 700 ...