A former Royal Engineer who witnessed nuclear tests is calling for better recognition for veterans. Ray Peace, 84, from ...

A veteran who was stationed on Christmas Island during nuclear ... "We are pleased to mark the significant contribution of our nuclear test veterans with this new medal. "It is standard practice ...

Ray Peace is calling for better recognition for veterans who witnessed ... He was twice stationed on Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean, near which nuclear weapons tests were carried out.

They successfully made Britain the world’s third nuclear power, yet exposed those present to levels of radiation that veterans allege ... for a posting on Christmas Island, in the South Pacific.

A nuclear test veteran who witnessed the detonation ... Gerry Bowler served on Christmas Island and witnessed four nuclear tests there in the 1950s. He died as a result of brain and lung cancer ...

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has called for a public inquiry into the Christmas Island nuclear ... This came as he presented a Nuclear Test Veterans’ Medal to Martin Blackburn on ...