York D-Day veteran Ken Cooke returns from Normandy beaches
During an exhausting but emotional and uplifting three days, the 98-year-old veteran got to meet Queen Camilla and Prime Minister ...
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Church packed for funeral of York Normandy veteran
Those were the words of Matty Graham speaking at the funeral of his grandad, John Graham, one of York’s last ...
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York Normandy Veteran John Graham from Holgate dies aged 102
John Graham was a Normandy veteran and received France’s highest military honour, the Légion d’Honneur medal a few years ago after landing ...
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York Normandy veteran Ken Cooke presented with a model of ‘his’ train
Ken, now 98, took part in the D-Day landings at Gold Beach as a Green Howards private. Then, after the ...
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A Guide to Visiting the Normandy D-Day Beaches
Many people have asked and keep asking me: “What town would you recommend we stay in that is close to ...
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