Search results
Hace 2 días · A Second World War veteran described D-Day as a “big adventure” as he spoke of how his fears eased once he landed on a beach in Normandy. Donald Howkins, 103, of London, was an apprentice butcher in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, when war broke out. But by May 1944, he was heading to the front line.
Hace 2 días · Accounts from the likes of Donald Howkins, 103, an apprentice butcher-turned-gunner from Buckingham, or the late Gordon Prime, tasked with driving a three-ton truck loaded with high-explosive ...
Hace 1 día · GB News reporter Will Hollis speaks to veteran Donald Howkins . GB News. Speaking to me afterwards, Alec, a submarine detector on D-Day, says “I’m so pleased that I'm still able to say thank you to all these wonderful people who’ve come to talk to me today. “I took it as part of my life,” he says.
Hace 3 días · The Railhouse. SHOW 9:00PM • DOORS 8:00PM • 21+ (UNDER 21 ALLOWED WITH PARENT OR GUARDIAN) get tickets. $18 ADV / $20 DO.
Hace 1 día · El diari Le Monde ha publicat un reportatge amb alguns d’aquests testimonis, des dels Estats Units i des d’Anglaterra. Un d’ells, el britànic Donald Howkins, de 103 anys i que va desembarcar a Gold Beach, feia aquesta reflexió: “Aviat només hi haurà llibres d’escola per parlar-ne, i a la canalla els semblarà una cosa irreal.
Hace 1 día · Donald Howkins yari umubazi (kubaga amatungo) ukibyiga i Buckingham mu Bwongereza, ubwo intambara ya kabiri y'isi yatangiraga. Ariko muri Gicurasi (5) mu 1944, yagiye ku rugamba.
Hace 5 días · A Royal Navy veteran has recalled being thrown from his ship after an explosion that killed 31 people just weeks after D-Day. Stan Ford, who turned 99 on May 7, served on HMS Fratton, which escorted ships taking people back to the UK and was stationed off Selsey Bill on the south coast on D-Day.
