10/02/2025
Norwich, GB 5 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

RAYMOND WHITWELL, aged 105

A military veteran who made a daring escape from Dunkirk, he did the same thing after the disastrous Battle of Arnhem -eventually becoming the last survivor.

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.