The two remaining survivors of HMS Charybdis met at the National Memorial Arboretum to mark 80 years since the boat was hit by German torpedo boats. A total of 464 men lost their lives when the ...

Nearly 500 men were killed when HMS Charybdis was torpedoed in the Bay of St Malo as it tried to intercept a German convoy in October 1943 A 75-year-old woman has paid her respects to her father ...

A 97-year-old Royal Navy veteran has gone swimming for the first time since surviving his ship being sunk by German torpedoes during the Second World War. Nursing home bosses arranged for Roger ...

A 100-year-old World War Two commando has inspired the next generation of Royal Marines during a visit to the Commando ...

Roger Roberts, 97, went for his first dip in 80 years after HMS Charybdis was destroyed in 1943 – leaving him stranded in the middle of the sea. Some 464 people were killed, with Roger being ...

A 110-year-old World War Two veteran has given a new set of Royal Marines some advice ahead of their career. John Eskdale from Lydney in Gloucestershire, visited the Commando Training Centre in ...

Care home bosses arranged for Roger Roberts to go for his first dip in 80 years after HMS Charybdis came under attack in the English Channel in 1943. Roger was aged just 17 when his vessel was ...