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Newport ex-soldier turns 100

LONG SERVICE: Major Harold Morris, celebrating his 100th birthday

12:40pm Tuesday 12th June 2012

A NEWPORT man who won honours for his service in the Second World War celebrated his 100th birthday.

Memorial to Ebbw Vale war dead finally unveiled

Memorial to war dead finally unveiled

6:20pm Sunday 10th June 2012

THE people of Ebbw Vale turned out in force at the weekend to see the village's memorial to those who died serving their country be unveiled.

'Thirty years on I remember my fallen comrades every day' - Gwent Falklands vet

MEMORIES: Veteran Denzil Connick at the Crumlin War Memorial

10:30am Monday 2nd April 2012

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the landing of Argentine troops on the Falklands – but for Blackwood man Denzil Connick the memories of the conflict are still as clear as if it was yesterday. RUTH MANSFIELD reports.

Search on for families of lost Gwent airmen

THE EVE OF THE FATAL MISSION: Sergeant Eyre is third right. The man on the far right might be fellow Welshman Weaver

3:30pm Tuesday 18th October 2011

With killing efficiency the German fighter’s guns picked out the British bomber. Now the search is on for two Welsh airmen whose only grave is the North Sea. MIKE BUCKINGHAM reports

Usk ex-airman’s visit honours dead comrades

EMOTIONAL RETURN: John Davies Jones

11:10am Friday 12th November 2010

A FORMER airman on a Lancaster bomber who saw two of his crew killed when it was shot down in Germany 60 years ago returned to the country to honour his dead comrades.

Do you know faces from wartime snapshopt?

MEMORIES: The photo of Mary and her comrades

9:20am Saturday 23rd October 2010

FACES captured on film look out from the old photograph, among them a much younger version of the Newport woman who holds her prized memento.

Battlefield Memories

Fred Burton with his wife Beryl

3:00pm Sunday 29th August 2010

A NEWPORT war veteran set to return to the scene of one of the Second World War's bloodiest campaigns thanks to lottery funding.

Memorial plaque to Tubby Linton to be unveiled

10:50am Saturday 21st August 2010

A PLAQUE in memory a Newport war hero will be unveiled next week.

Argus story reunites POW camp veteran and work pal

CATCHING UP: George H Reynolds, left, with former comrade David Davies

10:50am Monday 26th July 2010

A NEWPORT veteran taken prisoner in the Second World War met up with a former work colleague he had not seen for 20 years after an article about his harrowing experiences was published in the Argus.

Newport sailor's valour recognised as medals arrive

HAUNTED: Erik Hansen says even 70 years after his death he is haunted by his father's image

3:30pm Tuesday 6th July 2010

FOR 70 years the ghost of a Newport seaman killed in the Battle of the Atlantic has haunted his son. Now Oscar Hansen's valour has been recognised but says Erik, Newport and the terrible year 1940 have unfinished business. Mike Buckingham reports.

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