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Tributes paid after death of Bert Hackett - better known as Birmingham Post cartoonist Gemini
Moseley
Mr Hackett, who lived in Moseley almost all his life, inspired a special exhibition at the mac Birmingham through his work
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Fearless World War Two hero who spent service living a lie
Armed Forces
Soldier feared true identity would be revealed after receiving Victoria Cross
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A secret Birmingham base taught the real Home Guard how to kill in WWII
Armed Forces
The new Dad’s Army film has arrived on cinema screens but, as Mike Lockley reports, a secret Birmingham base taught the real Home Guard how to kill.
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Adventurer and former SAS legend dies aged 70
Armed Forces
Mountaineer 'Brummie' Stokes, lost toes in disastrous Everest climb
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Prince William pays tribute to Birmingham's First World War VC heroes
Prince William
The Duke of Cambridge has paid tribute to First World War servicemen whose bravery earned them the Victoria Cross
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Jaguar helps 19 (Fighter) Squadron mark its centenary at Castle Bromwich plant
Jaguar Land Rover
The Midland carmaker invited more than 40 members of 19 (Fighter) Squadron to the site to celebrate its centenary year
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Former home of war hero up for sale in Upton-upon-Severn
Worcestershire
The home of a Dunkirk hero shows evidence of a lifetime in the navy.
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Birmingham Post Business Awards: Home comforts for our heroes
Armed Forces
Military patients' charity Fisher House is this year's nominated charity at the Birmingham Post Business Awards. Here, we find out why
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France honours Birmingham D-Day veteran
Armed Forces
Former Navy lieutenant and judge awarded highest military honour for his service
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Wesleyan appoints new chief customer and strategy officer
Wesleyan Assurance
Vicki Wentworth comes to Wesleyan from LV= - where she was brand and marketing director
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RAF veteran to be honoured for daring Resistance missions
Armed Forces
France to recognise the bravery of Bournville navigator with the Légion d’honneur
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Victims of horrific Balsall Heath cinema bombing during the Blitz remembered
Balsall Heath
Seventy five years on, the bombing of the packed Balsall Heath Carlton Cinema during the Birmingham Blitz is set to be remembered in a special service
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Chasetown honours fallen soldiers in new street names
Staffordshire
All 22 new roads in the Milestone Way housing development in Chasetown, Staffordshire, will be named in tribute to all the fallen heroes named on the town's war memorial
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Former soldier launches new career as computer game developer
Erdington
Fabian Jarrett, from Erdington, took the brave step to go it alone in the digital world after developing a succession of games
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Colonel Tim Collins speaks at Chartered Institute of Management Accountants' event
Finance
The event was attended by an array of senior CIMA officials, including David Stanford, the newly elected vice president of CIMA
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Range Rover celebrates 45 years
Jaguar Land Rover
Now in its fourth generation the vehicle proved a ground-breaker for Land Rover when it was launched in 1970
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Land Rover Heritage Driving Experience offers a hand-on journey through car-maker's history
Jaguar Land Rover
The Land Rover Heritage Driving Experience has joined a similar Jaguar operation at JLR's customer test facility at the former Prodrive proving ground at Fen End
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Major gains in trauma care ‘must not be lost’
Armed Forces
Huge steps forward at a Birmingham hospital have led to much better survival rates for soldiers who have suffered terrible injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Stratford-upon-Avon to honour first man to down zeppelin
Economic Development
A commemorative stone will be placed at the entrance of King Edward VI School as a tribute to the daring deeds of Great War pilot Reginald “Rex” Warneford
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Naval bomber pilot who destroyed Italian cruiser against all odds
Economic Development
In 1942, Fraser was in 830 Naval Air Squadron, flying Albacore torpedo bombers, based on the besieged island of Malta.
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RAF veteran who escaped the Japanese by days during the war returns to Singapore
Economic Development
93-year-old veteran David Pack who served in Singapore during the Second World War has spoken of his "emotional" return to the city state for the first time in 73 years.
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Pilot paddy still flying high at 90
Economic Development
Sprightly nonagenarian recently celebrated landmark birthday and is still taking to the air having only learnt to fly at the age of 64
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RAF pilot Sid Cleaver: I saw the Spitfires and thought 'wow'
Economic Development
As Thinktank opens its doors to a new Spitfire Gallery Justine Halifax speaks to a former pilot
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Veterans recall huge Allied air drop to cross the Rhine
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A band of brothers reunited in the Midlands to mark the 70th anniversary of one of the turning points of the Second World War.
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