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MEMBERS reminisced about Second World War at the latest meeting of the Hertford and district branch of the ..

... MEMBERS reminisced about Second World War at the latest meeting of the Hertford and district branch of the University of the Third Age Memories contributed ranged from die hilarious to die poignant and several people referred to a parachute floating on ...

Published: Friday 29 April 1994
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1549 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

July 25 1997 MERCURY 127 TICKETS TO The Second World War was the most turbulent and eventful period in the

... July 25 1997 MERCURY 127 TICKETS TO The Second World War was the most turbulent and eventful period in the history of the 20th century If affected the lives of millions of people all over the world advanced technology and changed political boundaries ...

Published: Friday 25 July 1997
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1512 | Page: 127 | Tags: none

September 7 1990 MERCURY M21 changed the fortunes of the Second World War by so many to few The Spitfire

... September 7 1990 MERCURY M21 changed the fortunes of the Second World War by so many to few The Spitfire The trampled Picture Post peit-meii race To Hurricane or Spitfire at the beii old-man's eyes that from young mm's face silence in the Mess which aii ...

Published: Friday 07 September 1990
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1131 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

' ? 5 Back on the march for memorial if99S RANKS OF HONOUR: Second World War veterans march through Hertford

... ' ? 5 Back on the march for memorial if99S RANKS OF HONOUR: Second World War veterans march through Hertford town centre MANY MEMORIES: Two old soldiers one sporting the Burma Star on his beret discuss old times by train Pick up a leaflet containing money ...

Published: Friday 25 August 1995
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 486 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

VILLAGE NEWS AN 87-year-old Hertford Heath man who was London fireman during the Blitz in the Second World War has

... in the Second World War has died after Buffering a heart attack The family of late Douglas Gordon Phillips of Downfield Road who 'Phil' requested that donations in his memory be sent to the Fire Service Benevolent Fund During the Second World War he stationed ...

Published: Friday 19 May 1995
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1151 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

16 M MERCURY October 26 1990 Ex-nurse talks to women BRENDA Fuller an army nurse in the Second World War

... 16 M MERCURY October 26 1990 Ex-nurse talks to women BRENDA Fuller an army nurse in the Second World War was the speaker at Hertford Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild recent meeting She told of her experiences tending soldiers on the Normandy beaches and ...

Published: Friday 26 October 1990
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1225 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

MERCURY 15 heroism did not with the end the Second World War February 5 1993 BELOW: A model airman Biggies

... MERCURY 15 heroism did not with the end the Second World War February 5 1993 BELOW: A model airman Biggies is surrounded by Royal Flying Corps regalia in one of the displays at the exhi bition in Hertford Museum Bull Plain A HERO in any language the Biggies ...

Published: Friday 05 February 1993
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 951 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

February 23 1996 - MERCURY my car boot! A TREASURE hunter who found an unexploded Second World War bomb in

... February 23 1996 - MERCURY my car boot! A TREASURE hunter who found an unexploded Second World War bomb in Hertford woodland put the dangerous device in his car boot and drove more than 11 miles to ask for police help The red-faced metal detector enthusiast ...

Published: Friday 23 February 1996
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1209 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Regional -premiere of big war film STEVEN Spielberg’s epic Second World War film Saving Private Ryan most of ..

... Regional -premiere of big war film STEVEN Spielberg’s epic Second World War film Saving Private Ryan most of which was shot in Hertfordshire receives a regional charity premiere on Tuesday The movie acclaimed by critics and D-Day veterans alike as the ...

Published: Friday 04 September 1998
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1379 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MERCURY 29 New celebrates the important part local airfields played in Second World War December 10 1999 How ..

... which British and American forces fought the Second World War The bases and those in neighbouring Bedfordshire are celebrated in a new book Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Airfields in the Second World War by Graham Smith This colourful publication gives ...

Published: Friday 10 December 1999
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 776 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

Gardener digs up grenades BOMB disposal officers called in after incendiary devices dating from Second World ..

... Gardener digs up grenades BOMB disposal officers called in after incendiary devices dating from Second World War were unearthed by Dig-swell villager Ron Wofboys 71 dis- covered two phosphorous grenades dug his garden in St Ives Friday Police called Army ...

Published: Friday 05 May 1995
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1074 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A GROUP of survivors from a Second World War ship torpedoed by a German submarine 50 years ago will gather

... A GROUP of survivors from a Second World War ship torpedoed by a German submarine 50 years ago will gather in Standon on Monday to honour their fallen comrades A special service for the 62 men on HMS Puckeridge who lost their lives will be conducted at ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1993
Newspaper: Hertford Mercury and Reformer
County: Hertfordshire, England
Type: | Words: 747 | Page: 20 | Tags: none