A veteran of the Christmas Island hydrogen bomb tests has said he is proud and humbled to have received the Nuclear Test Medal. Gordon Craggs, of Ferndown, Dorset, witnessed the detonation of 24 ...

Gordon Craggs wore his medal at the Cenotaph Remembrance Day parade A veteran of the Christmas Island hydrogen bomb tests has said he is proud and humbled to have received the Nuclear Test Medal ...

L/Cpl Judge said: "I feel very proud, proud for what happened in the past when I was on Christmas Island. "The world was in a bit of a terrible mess then, 1957, 58, 59.

An 85-year-old veteran has received a medal for his involvement in nuclear weapons testing on Christmas Island. Roger Filby, who lives in Caversham, Reading, joined the RAF aged 18 and was part of ...

Mr Yaxley had several photos of his time on Christmas Island (Image: John Yaxley) Atomic testing in the Pacific. Kiritimati is an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that the British Military ...

Atom bomb test veterans welcome medal announcement ‘after 70 years of denial ... “When I was on Christmas Island I had five friends, who lived in a 10-mile radius of where I was.

Dufftown’s Davie Mitchell watched an H bomb explode at Christmas Island in 1958. Pic: Shutterstock. In many respects, Mr Mitchell realises he is fortunate to still be alive.

Cllr Alan Dowson talks of his memories of bomb testing at Christmas Island McDonald's french fries supplier abruptly closes factory 20 actors from overseas with impeccable American accents Six of ...