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On May 8th 1945 Germany and its remaining allies surrendered and the war in Europe came to an end. To mark VE Day celebrations were held all over the … More...

VE Day 1945

When the announcement came on the evening of May 7th that Germany had surrendered and the following day would be Victory in Europe Day, Cranleigh boys… More...

Forty years ago Cranleigh marked the D-Day anniversary with a parade which included a number of members of staff who had taken part, including Marc va… More...

D-Day

While much has been written about the secrecy that surrounded the D-Day landings, the boys at Cranleigh were among the first in the country to know th… More...

Newspaper clipping of Private Philip Sargent

Much will be written in the coming days about those involved in the D-Day landings on 6th June 1944. But few stories are quite as sad as that of 24-ye… More...