Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mercer: on the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment Colonel Charles Mercer, who has died aged 105, took part ...

A veteran of the Second World War’s brutal Burma campaign has recalled how he survived tropical diseases, injury and jungle warfare 75 years on from the end of the conflict. John Hutchin, 96, joined ...

They are renowned for their bravery, determination and perseverance in the face of terror, and now the Chindits have had their place in modern history cemented with the unveiling of a permanent ...

ONE of the last World War II Chindits, Pte Charlie Richards, has died, age 104. His passing leaves Sid Machin, 101, of Christchurch, Dorset, as the last survivor of this secret guerilla-style unit ...

Eric Deacon recalls his time being part of the war efforts in 1944 for VE Day.

LED BY Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate, eight British columns last February secretly crossed from India through the Japanese lines into Burma and then for three months spread confusion and panic. The ...

World War Two veterans from across the globe will be in the West Midlands this weekend for the dedication of a special memorial in their honour. World War Two veterans from across the globe will be in ...

One of Britain's last remaining hero Chindits has died, taking with him first-hand memories of one of the most brutal and secretive campaigns of the Second World War. Charlie Richards, who was 104, ...