Comrades’ blood rained down on Desmond Doss as his ­battalion scaled 400ft Hacksaw Ridge, a gateway to hell. Above them was a clifftop killing field already littered with bodies. Many more were to die ...

The family of a man who was posthumously honoured for saving lives during World War Two are looking for a new home for his rare bravery medal. Arturo Fanconi, better known as Arthur, was killed in ...