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Wren officer who worked on the preparations for D-Day and plotted the vast allied armada on the night it crossed the Channel

Between May 27 and June 4, 1940, 338,226 Allied troops were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk by military, merchant and fishing vessels and civilian little ships.

Lawrence Churcher died earlier this month at a care home in Fareham, Hampshire, just days short of his 103rd birthday, said the Project 71 charity, which supports Second World War veterans.

The latest tragedy in the English Channel nderlines the need to urgently establish a system of viable, safe routes for refugees from countries like…

Lawrence Churcher landed in France in May 1940 to help get ammunition to the front lines - and later became one of 338,000 troops to be evacuated as part of Operation Dynamo.

A new visitor attraction near Coldstream was opened this week, which highlights the efforts of Admiral Bertram Ramsey, whose actions changed the course of the Second World War.

Admiral Bertram Ramsay, who commanded Operation Dynamo, which led to the rescue of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers from Dunkirk in 1940, is commemorated in a new museum.

Operation Dynamo, the evacuation at Dunkirk starting on May 26, 1940, rescued over 300,000 Allied soldiers, becoming a defining moment in World War II.

Major John Errington, the oldest veteran of the Royal Scots regiment who fought in rearguard defence at the battle of Le Paradis in Northern France in 1940, has died at his family home, east of Penicuik.

Major John Errington was a Signals Officer in the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots. He fought at the battle of Le Paradis in May 1940, before being captured by the Germans and living as a POW until 1945.