Richard Aldred Mr Aldred was a Cromwell tank driver attached to the 7th Armoured Division of the Army During World War Two, Mr Aldred was a Cromwell tank driver attached to the 7th Armoured ...

The 7th Armoured Division was formed in 1938 to protect the Suez Canal, and went on to fight in some of the war's bloodiest battles. Nicknamed the Desert Rats, they were deployed to North Africa ...

During World War Two, Mr Aldred was a Cromwell tank driver attached to the 7th Armoured Division in the Army. He met the King at the commemoration of the start of the Battle of Normandy at the ...

He was born in 1914 and served on the front line with the 7th Armoured Division. The flypast takes place at 13:45 BST. Mr Rose joined the Queen's Royal Regiment aged 25 and served in North Africa ...