The double of the French wartime leader Charles de Gaulle will be part of Armed Forces Day celebrations in Ellesmere - the town where he stayed during the early years of the Second World War.

In keeping with protocols, it is appropriate to end this drama of trading places with another conceit. At the end of the ...

The event featured Lord Stoneham of Droxford, who gave an account of Winston Churchill’s visit to Droxford on the eve of D-Day.

He was the French wartime leader who came to live near Ellesmere 85 years ago, and now the town is planning to mark General ...

At 10pm on 18 June 1940, General Charles de Gaulle broadcast to German occupied France, ... Winston Churchill announced the end of the War in Europe with a speech broadcast from Downing St, ...

The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in Co Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.

The first hope collapsed with a shattering bang last week when Winston Churchill harshly told General de Gaulle: “In order to avoid a collision between British and French forces, we request you ...