Bombardier Tom Jones was called up to serve in the Royal Artillery as the war broke out in 1939 - when he was aged just 17.

Peter Davies rejoined the Army after the war, becoming a Royal Artillery captain. Today he is a classroom assistant "teaching children to read and enjoy reading" Peter Davies, 102, took off from ...

commemorating the heroic rescue during World War II and celebrating the Spring Festival. (Photo by Stephen Chung/Xinhua) Kenneth Salmon, whose father was a Royal Artillery sergeant rescued from ...