James 'Jim' Wren, a former Japanese prisoner of war, was the country's oldest Royal Marine veteran.

Tributes have been paid at the funeral of Second World War warrior Jim Wren, who was torpedoed by the Japanese, held as a POW and had a portrait commissioned by the King.

Hundreds of people have paid their respects to one of the last remaining Royal Marine veterans of the Second World War ...

Jim Wren was a 21-year old Royal Marine from Sussex. Just days after the Pearl Harbour attack, he was on board the battle cruiser HMS Repulse - part of a British Naval force in the South China Sea, ...

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In memory: The HMS Prince of Wales battleship, then the pride of Britain’s Royal Navy, arriving in Singapore six days before it was sunk. — British Royal Navy BENEATH the waters off Kuantan, Pahang, ...