... Veteran of second world war MR Charles Hobbs, of Bottom Road, King Cross, fa)s ~ha§ _di_e_d, aged 7_2. # Mr Hobbs was born in North Kensington, London, and joined the Army after leaving school. He fought in the second world war, serving in India and France ...

... In “The Wooden Horse,”’ Channel 4's Second World War escape film on Sunday (10.45). 10.30 THE SOUTH BANK SHOW. Melvyn Bragg meets John Godber who has produced various hits for the Hull Truck Theatre Company over the past two years. 11.30 GONGGA SHAN ...

... SBOUCRd [ 0 - - . During the second world war he Mrs Miriam uve eoo worgwor the North Africa campaign. BrOOk’ Mr Hodgson lived in Ovenden, ! Halifax, from 1938 until 14 years | a ed 100 ago, when he moved to Siddal. He ! g was a life member of the Lee ...

... would start movements to secede Parts of those countries to Thaiand. This never materialised. _ After the second world war Thailand briefly became Siam again, A ‘ Officials argued that the change would help remove the stigma attached to the nation for ...

... TER IS RATIONED SO Rome, Thursday. ‘R scarcity in this city of 2,500,000 people has . second world war days when Romans had to ne lines to get food this torrid Romal v - ple are queuing 1n 1 them, bathtubs— in All containers with advance to get through ...

... WHEN HE was 26, Tom Mawson nearly had his head blown off. In Normandy during the Second World War, his battalion came under heavy German fire. As the shells poured down, Tom hung on to his tin hat with both hands as the top was sliced off like a breakfast ...

... SERVED IN U.S. NAVY In 1941, when America entered the second world war, ...

... in Liverpool’s dockside area. He moved to Halifax just before the second world war and worked for textile and engineering firms. He served in the Royal Navy during the second world war. He had a window-cleaning round before becoming steward of the bowling ...

... sweep North Sea mines Ships of the British, West German and Danish navies are this summer to clear two channels through a second world war mine area in the North Sea. The channels are to be cleared to enable the G.P.O.s latest cable layer, Alert, to lay submarine ...

... Celebrations A COUPLE who will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow say six years apart during the second world war was the key to wedded bliss. “I never wanted to be away again,”’ says Mr Leonard Adams, ...

... Thos. Archer, where he worked for 60 years and brough: his trade to service as a member cf a mobile| repair squad in the second world War. ...

... Infirmary, Sister Mary Agnes Kennedy, has died at her home in Lockermouth, Cumbria. She worked at the infirmary before the second world war. During the war she worked in London. She worked in hospitals in Lockermouth and Merryport, Cumbria, before retiring ...