World War 2

The annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony to commemorate the war dead went ahead outside the Cenotaph in Central, but with slight modifications due to Covid-19 restrictions. A bugler played The Last Post, as 150 people – including ex-servicemen, members of the public and religious faiths – gathered for a pared back…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte on Friday discussed wide-ranging issues pertaining to the bilateral ties, and ways to deal with adverse impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In his opening remarks at the virtual bilateral summit with the Italian leader, Modi said it is…

HERE IS A test. Assign a score of 1 to 5, where 1 is “strongly agree” and 5 is “strongly disagree”, to the following statement: “I really care about my work.” If you have answered that kind of question before, you have probably applied for a job at a large…

An unknown soldier who lay buried for decades in the Netherlands has been identified as an Alberta-born gunner killed in action as the Second World War drew to a close, the Defence Department said in a statement Monday. Trooper Henry George Johnston was born on May 2, 1915, in Chauvin, Alta. (Supplied by the family…

Lorne Figley, a Saskatchewan-born Second World War veteran and the world’s oldest working plumber, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, has died. He was 96. Lorne Figley, a Saskatchewan-born Second World War veteran and the world’s oldest working plumber, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, has…

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The funeral has taken place of Ng Sai-ming a “gunner” in the British Army Royal Artillery during the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941 and the SAR's last remaining second world war veteran. He was born in 1922, and at the age of 19, with just a few months…

The award-winning My Memory of Us is launching on iOS next week, with an Android version coming soon after. Produced by Juggler Games, My Memory of Us is a beautiful 2D adventure game that tells the story of a friendship between a girl and a boy, based on actual events…

Author of the article:Julie Kotsis  •  Windsor StarPublishing date:Oct 27, 2020  •   •  2 minute readHandout photo of Howard Webb, WWII veteran, who passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 at the age of 99 years. Photo by Courtesy of the Webb family /Windsor StarArticle contentA survivor of five years fighting…

In Brief Seven ‘stowaways’ detained after nine-minute operations ends ten-hour stand-off by The Week team 26 Oct 2020 Seven people have been detained after special forces commandos stormed a tanker off the Isle of Wight following a suspected hijacking by stowaways. The nine-minute operation, by members of the Special Boat Service (SBS), ended…