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Tameside’s last Normandy veteran leaves legacy

Gary Carter November 12, 2021 alan brown death funeral jonathan reynolds MP le hamel beach legion d'honneur normandy landings soldier Tameside Correspondent tameside war veteran tributes Walter back on the beach at Normandy in 1966 War veteran Walter Brown (3)walter brown world war 1 world war 2

PART OF Tameside’s war history has left his own story to tell after a D-Day hero’s death at the age…

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Celebrate VE Day – lockdown ideas to mark 75th anniversary

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WHILE Tameside residents adopt the best of British spirit to fight the coronavirus they are also being urged not to…