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.

A former Royal Engineer who witnessed nuclear ... for veterans. Ray Peace, 84, from Whitstable, joined the army in 1955 when he was 15 years old. He was twice stationed on Christmas Island ...

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 ...

"And we all know what it’s caused by: the nuclear test programme ... and its effects on veterans. "Keir Starmer, meet us," said John Morris, 86, who was on Christmas Island in 1956 as an ...