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Ray and Paul's window display is a fitting tribute on the 80th anniversary of the D Day landings

Ray & Paul's window display is a fitting tribute on the 80th anniversary of the ...

Family members, military veterans, civic dignitaries and representatives from the Royal British Legion were among those who paid their respects to Private Cyril Albert Goodwin at Eastfield Cemetery.

D-Day at 80: poignant ceremony held for sole D-Day casualty buried in city

A landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6 1944, a scene that the film Saving Private Ryan re-created.

Watch: D-Day war film streaming for free for limited amount of time

Fish and chips.

Watch: National Fish and Chip Day’s fascinating connection to D-Day

D-Day veteran Bernard Morgan reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe.

Watch: D-Day hero reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe

Private Cyril Albert Goodwin of 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment is thought to be the only D-Day casualty buried in Peterborough.

D-Day at 80: city to honour sole D-Day casualty buried in Peterborough

The Mayor at the charity auction event

Homebuilder donates towards Mayor of Huntingdon's charity auction

The National Memorial Arboretum will be hosting a large-scale D-Day Service of Remembrance organised by the Royal British Legion at 2pm on June 6 (image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Peterborough veterans invited to D-Day ceremony at National Memorial Arboretum

Tom Hill D-Day veteran

Royal British Legion rallying the public 80 days ahead of historic 80th Annivers...

Tracey McIntosh, inset with husband Adam, is organising and taking part in 'The Big Tommy Sleep Out' event in Whittlesey on Saturday March 16.

Whittlesey to host rough sleeping event to support homeless military veterans

Major Tony Elsey representing the Royal British Legion and Mayor of Peterborough Nick Sandford laying wreaths.

Mayor lays wreath at war memorial to remember absent friends at Christmas

Cllr Alan Dowson was mayor last year, and carried out the ceremony in Bridge Street

Mayor to lay Christmas wreath at war memorial to remember the fallen

Peterborough United thrashed rivals Cambridge United 5-0 on Saturday.

Shirts from famous derby victory to be auctioned for RBL

Freemasons local head Mark Constant and veteran Phil Scrannage manning the stand in Peterborough.

Local Freemasons help out with Poppy appeal

Royal British Legion Standards lead George's hearse into the crematorium

Final farewell to popular Peterborough Poppy seller George Bennett

Eloise Cheales

Eloise leads eco-poppy delivery initiative

Project supports Remembrance Day

Paul Grinnell

A life-size metal horse created by the students of Peterborough Technical College and covered with purple poppies

Peterborough students create horse memorial decorated with purple poppies

George Bennett (left) fundraising for the Royal British Legion.

Tributes paid to much-loved poppy seller

Peterborough MP Paul Bristow putting up giant poppies in Central Avenue, Dogsthorpe with Cllr Ishfaq Hussain and party worker Benjamin O'Hara

Opinion: A true symbol of remembrance

Members of the Sea Cadets with their tribute

Sea Cadets create Poppy display to remember those who made ultimate sacrifice

Mayor of Peterborough Nick Sandford with Mayoress Bella Saltmarsh, Councillors John and Judy Fox, Poppy Appeal organiser Sandy Foster and representatives from the Royal British Legion.

Poppy Appeal launches in Peterborough

Paul Hartley and the new Poppy

Cambridgeshire veteran one of first to wear new Royal British Legion Poppy

Poppy

Remembrance events to go ahead in March

The standard bearers at the Royal British Legion poppy appeal launch last year.

Poppy appeal urgently needs volunteers

The new plastic-free poppy (Photo: Royal British Legion)

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

Remembrance Day parade at the war memorial in Bridge Street in Peterborough - more than £8,000 was raised at Peterborough's Queensgate Shopping Centre's Poppy Appeal this year.

Queensgate’s Poppy Appeal collects £8,000 from shoppers

Remembrance Day service march past at Bridge Street.

Peterborough falls silent to remember the fallen

Services held on Armistice Day and Remembrance Day at city war memorial

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MP for Peterborough Paul Bristow, Zillur Hussain and Cllr Charles Fenner putting up giant poppies on lamp posts in Bretton.

MP organises 200 poppies on city streets

The Royal British Legion turned Peterborough veteran Tony Francis' life around after he spent time in prison, homeless and fell into depression

Veteran ‘owes life’ to Royal British Legion after it ‘turned his life around’

War veterans David John Dade (Left) and Ken Sprowles at the launch of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in central London (photo: Getty Images)

Annual Poppy Appeal is launched across the UK

Royal British Legion poppy appeal launch at Bridge Street with Paul Bristow and Mayor Alan Dowson

Opinion: Our city cares and will never forget

Wreaths lay at the foot of the Cenotaph after the Remembrance Day (getty images)

What you need to know about Remembrance Day

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal launch at Bridge Street with Mayor Alan Dowson

Royal British Legion launches its 2022 Poppy Appeal in Peterborough

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Network Rail November rail strikes - new dates

Last year's Remembrance Sunday parade and service at the War memorial Bridge Street

Remembrance services to be shown on big screen in Cathedral Square

There was a guard of honour for Henry 'Harry' Jeffery

Guard of honour for Peterborough Second World War army veteran Harry

VJ Day

Memorial service marking Victory over Japan in Central Park

Peterborough's Poppy Appeal organisers Malcolm and Sandy Foster

Poppy Appeal calling for volunteers to support charity in cost of living crisis

Ernest Mensah-Sekyere with the flag.

Sacrifices of those who fought in Falklands War remembered in Peterborough

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Peterborough celebrates the great and the good at city Civic Awards

All 32 residents received wonderful gifts to open on Christmas Day.

Yaxley community brings Christmas cheer to residents in care homes with festive ...

Children placing a poppy during the Remembrance service at the Queensgate shopping centre.

Peterborough’s Queensgate shopping centre helps raise £13,000 for Poppy Appeal

Launch of last year's Royal British Legion (Peterborough Branch) poppy appeal. Tony Francis, the deputy appeal organiser with some of their new items EMN-201024-175342009

Can you help the Poppy Appeal in Peterborough?

Artist Jeni Cairns in her workshop.

Queensgate shopping centre to host celebration service to mark Poppy Appeal’s 10...

The launch of the appeal in 2019

Peterborough Poppy appeal plea for volunteers

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Opinion: ‘We don’t want to be short changed’

Freedom of the City meeting: Cllr Peter Hiller (chairman of the Honours Panel), Major Tony Elsey (Royal British Legion Peterborough), Barbara and John Holdich, Mayor of Peterborough Steve Lane and Deputy Mayor of Peterborough Mohammed Jamil at the Engine Shed, Sand Martin House. EMN-210729-114048009

Freedom of Peterborough awarded to former council leader and Royal British Legio...

100 year celebration of the Peterborough branch of the Royal British Legion at the Bridge Street war memorial

Royal British Legion receiving Freedom of Peterborough is ‘high honour’

John Holdich

Freedom of the City for Royal British Legion and former Peterborough council lea...

The service at the war memorial

Peterborough Royal British Legion celebrate 100 year anniversary

Robert Larder, Mayor Geoff Ridgway, Parade Marshall Sydney Martin, Mr Bates, Samantha Wilson, Bill Keighley. All photos supplied by the Royal British Legion

Celebrating 100 years of the Royal British Legion in Peterborough

Poppy merchandise bought on Amazon or eBay may not be helping charity - how to c...

Tony Francis, deputy appeal organiser at the launch of this year's Poppy Appeal in Peterborough

Poppy Appeal funds to be raised by Peterborough charity quiz

Mike Seabourne MBE laying a wreath on behalf of the Fenland branch of the Royal Military Police Association at the Peterborough Remembrance Sunday service at the War memorial at Bridge Street. Pictures: David Lowndes

GALLERY: Socially distanced Remembrance service and wreath laying in Peterboroug...

Werrington WI President, Helen Al-Sheba and Pauline Peploe

Residents organise stunning Remembrance Poppy displays