12/02/2026
Norwich, GB 5 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

BRADFORD FREEMAN, aged 97

A farm boy from Mississippi, he fought with Easy Company throughout World War 2 and got severely injured. He was the last survivor of the Band of Brothers.

The original Band of Brothers (courtesy Daily Mail)

EDWARD D. SHAMES, aged 99

Part of the ‘Band of Brothers’ he fought in many significant battles in the Second World War, liberated Dachau concentration camp and captured Hitler’s lair , the Eagles Nest.