The daughter of a World War Two veteran recognised in the King's Birthday Honours said it took "a while" for her father to come to terms with the news. Geoffrey Roberts, 99, from Peterborough, will ...

Lieutenant Colonel John Frost led the 2nd Parachute Battalion in the assault during the Battle of Arnhem, a key component of ...

Mr Roberts, who turns 100 on Saturday, received his MBE from the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace. "I'm surprised actually ...

On the eve of his 100th birthday Battle of Arnhem warrior Geoff Roberts receives his MBE at Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace celebrated a special veteran's birthday after King Charles snubbed his son, Prince Harry, by not including ...

Buckingham Palace marked a touching moment by sharing a heartfelt message and exclusive new photos to celebrate a key royal ...

Arnhem - Operation Market Garden - is remembered as the largest airborne battle in history and Montgomery’s only major defeat. The allies attempted to gain their bridgehead over the Rhine by ...

The Battle of Arnhem : the deadliest airborne operation of World War II / Antony Beevor Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details author Beevor, Antony 1946-Notes "First published in Great ...

Within a further week, on September 26, the Battle for Arnhem was over, after what remained of the Allied forces had retreated. It had been a failure, but it was undoubtedly a heroic failure.

Final act: Arnhem veterans pay respects on 80th anniversary September 22, 2024 Gordon Darroch Geoff Roberts, 99, one of the last surviving veterans of the Battle of Arnhem, at Oosterbeek cemetery.

The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden, a manoeuvre intended to create a route for the Allied forces into northern Germany in September 1944.

A bronze plaque commemorating the Battle of Arnhem at the city’s John Frost bridge has gone missing, just one week ahead of the 4 May remembrance ceremonies honouring the dead of World War II. The ...