North Wales Weekly News - Tag - second world war

War hero Norman Jones backs Llandudno Junction campaign to rename part of A470

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to raise £2,000 for a road to be named in honour of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Dunkirk veteran from Llandudno remembers fallen comrades

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

ONE of the last survivors of a notorious World War II incident was on parade on Friday to honour comrades who died when their unit was ambushed by crack German SS troops on the retreat to Dunkirk 70 years ago.

WW2 evacuee makes an emotional return to the Conwy Valley

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT

A WORLD War Two evacuee has made a poignant return to the Conwy Valley, 70 years after being sent there as a child after war first broke out.

Hitler Youth youngsters visited Colwyn Bay school

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HITLER Youth members who met British youngsters at a private school in Colwyn Bay were secretly spies, feared MI5, newly released documents reveal.

Kinmel Bay veteran’s Second World War escape revisited

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:00:00 GMT

A KINMEL BAY veteran who bravely battled against the Nazis has this week commemorated the anniversary of one of Britain’s worst wartime tragedies.

Great Orme could become historic WW2 monument

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:00:00 GMT

THE fight is on to get a vital World War II gunnery site on the slopes of the Great Orme listed as a historic monument.

Moving tribute to Llandudno soldiers killed in WW2

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

SOLDIERS from Llandudno who died in a Second World War massacre are being remembered as martyrs by the people of two French communities.