The special meeting included two veterans from the North West - Bernard Morgan from Crewe and John Dennett from Wallasey.

King and Queen hear stories from D-Day veterans at Palace

John Dennett from Birkenhead is travelling over to France with other veterans for the 80th anniversary commemorations

'Life is precious and so is freedom': 99-year-old D-Day veteran

The daughter of a soldier killed in Normandy tells the story of how her father and his brother were 'still together' even when they died.

The only British brothers to die on the beaches of Normandy 

A D-Day veteran will recieve a Guard of Honour from the Royal British Legion to mark his 100th birthday.

Codebreaker veteran celebrates 100th birthday with Guard of Honour 

Ken Benbow served aboard HMS Crane in the Royal Navy when he was just 18 years old and sailed across the English Channel to Normandy beaches on June 6 1944.

Veteran who served in the Royal Navy says D-Day 'was an adventure'

John Stuart Mee Bromley has been buried 82 years after his plane was shot down over the Netherlands.

WW2 RAF airman laid to rest 82 years after plane shot down

The family of a Second World War pilots from the North West who failed to return home from bombing raids over Germany is being sought.

Granada Ww2

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