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]]> https://www.southhams.com/ https://www.southhams.com/blog/events-news/storm-damage-on-torcross-line-leads-to-memorial-service-being-cancelled <![CDATA[Storm damage on Torcross line leads to memorial service being cancelled ]]> https://www.southhams.com/blog/events-news/storm-damage-on-torcross-line-leads-to-memorial-service-being-cancelled The annual memorial service to remember the Exercise Tiger tragedy has been cancelled for this year due to the storm damage on and around the memorial car park. ... ]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:26:51 +0000 5547 2026-04-13 https://www.southhams.com/media/reviews/photos/original/22/d1/35/storm-damage-on-torcross-line-leads-to-memorial-service-being-cancelled-7-1776097710.jpg https://www.southhams.com/blog/events-news/find-your-local-ve-day-celebrations-celebrating-80-years-since-the-end-of-wwii <![CDATA[Find your local VE Day celebrations - celebrating 80 years since the end of WWII ]]> https://www.southhams.com/blog/events-news/find-your-local-ve-day-celebrations-celebrating-80-years-since-the-end-of-wwii VE Day, 8 May, 1945, marked the end of the Second World War in Europe and the defeat of Hitler and Nazi Germany, 80 years ago. ... ]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:45:26 +0000 5228 2025-04-25 https://www.southhams.com/media/reviews/photos/original/d4/44/b2/find-your-local-ve-day-celebrations-celebrating-80-years-since-the-end-of-wwii-86-1746473970.jpg https://www.southhams.com/blog/general-news/communities-across-the-south-hams-will-mark-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day-this-week <![CDATA[Communities across the South Hams will mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day this week]]> https://www.southhams.com/blog/general-news/communities-across-the-south-hams-will-mark-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day-this-week Areas across the South Hams are commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings this week. D-Day, 6 June, 1944, was the date of the Normandy landings... ]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2024 21:45:43 +0000 4633 2024-06-04 https://www.southhams.com/media/reviews/photos/original/62/a9/f7/communities-across-the-south-hams-will-mark-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day-this-week-1-1717537552.jpg https://www.southhams.com/blog/general-news/kingsbridge-coastguard-rescue-team-helped-evacuated-plymouth-surrounding-the-ww2-bomb <![CDATA[Kingsbridge Coastguard Rescue Team helped evacuated Plymouth surrounding the WW2 bomb]]> https://www.southhams.com/blog/general-news/kingsbridge-coastguard-rescue-team-helped-evacuated-plymouth-surrounding-the-ww2-bomb Kingsbridge Coastguard Rescue Team were part of the evacuation in Plymouth following the discovery of an unexploded World War Two bomb. Kingsbridge Coastguard Rescue Team were... ]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:18:41 +0000 4396 2024-02-26 https://www.southhams.com/media/reviews/photos/original/bf/ad/5d/kingsbridge-coastguard-rescue-team-helped-evacuated-plymouth-surrounding-the-ww2-bomb-77-1708982328.jpg https://www.southhams.com/blog/general-news/metal-detectorist-finds-evacuee-bracelet-and-has-managed-to-trace-the-owner <![CDATA[Metal detectorist finds evacuee bracelet and has managed to trace the owner]]> https://www.southhams.com/blog/general-news/metal-detectorist-finds-evacuee-bracelet-and-has-managed-to-trace-the-owner A metal detectorist searching in a field near West Alvington Woods has come across a small toy plane and an evacuee bracelet from the Second World War. ... ]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:29:29 +0000 4240 2024-01-08 https://www.southhams.com/media/reviews/photos/original/2e/c9/ab/metal-detectorist-finds-evacuee-bracelet-and-has-managed-to-trace-the-owner-57-1704713385.jpg