Britain's last surviving World War Two Victoria Cross recipient, John Cruickshank, has died aged 105. The flight lieutenant, from Aberdeen, earned the honour for an attack on a German U-Boat while ...

The bravery of three true Geordie heroes has been further recognised with a new memorial to acknowledge their war time gallantry. Edward Lawson, John Aidan Liddell and Adam Herbert Wakenshaw are the ...

Britain's last surviving Second World War Victoria Cross recipient has died aged 105. Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank, from Aberdeen, received the VC for bravery during an attack on an enemy ...

Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank, VC, who has died aged 105, was the last surviving combatant to have received the Victoria Cross, the supreme award for gallantry, during the Second World War; he ...

John Cruickshank was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in air action during World War Two Britain's last surviving World War Two Victoria Cross recipient, John Cruickshank, has died aged 105.