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D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh. AJEX, Sunday 5th July, Willesden Jewish Cemetery
July 7, 2026, 1:13 pm
AJEX honours those with no known grave at Willesden Jewish Cemetery
101-year old D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh lays wreath at ceremony marking Battle of the Somme anniversary
By Michelle Rosenberg
JFS and JCoSS Combined Cadet Force. Stan Kaye Photography. June 2026
June 29, 2026, 7:05 pm
AJEX marks 20 year anniversary of national Jewish military memorial in Staffordshire
JFS and JCoSS combined cadet force lay a wreath; Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich reads poem by 101 year old D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh
By Michelle Rosenberg
Families enjoy the festival atmosphere in the Fun Zone at the Maccabi GB Community Fun Run.
June 23, 2026, 10:13 am
From one to 101: Maccabi GB Community Fun Run goes the distance
Chief Rabbi hailed his “favourite event” of the year as charities, families and fundraisers filled StoneX Stadium
By Annabel Sinclair
Mervyn Kersh. Photo Credit: David Lake Photography
June 15, 2026, 4:06 pm
D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh takes on Maccabi GB community fun run to raise money for AJEX
The 101- year old will undertake the 1k route accompanied by supporters in his wheelchair on Sunday 21 June
By Michelle Rosenberg
Mervyn Kirsh, husband and wife Barry and Maureen Leveton and Neil Martin
December 29, 2025, 10:38 pm
Belsen liberators, former Spurs chair and Matt Lucas among those awarded New Year Honours
Those involved in Holocaust education, Jewish Care's president and JLGB's long-time leader also on the list
By Jenni Frazer
Remembrance Parade 2025. Pic: Justin Grainge
November 17, 2025, 9:34 am
Thousands mark 80 years since end of WWII at AJEX remembrance parade
102 year old Holocaust survivor Henny Franks and D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh amongst marchers honouring Jewish veterans at Cenotaph
By Michelle Rosenberg
Keir Starmer talks with survivor Manfred Goldberg MBE at an earlier HET reception. Goldberg died, aged 95 on November 6
November 12, 2025, 1:25 pm
Starmer pays tribute to late Holocaust Survivor and Jewish D-Day veteran at PMQs
Prime Minister tells the Commons 'we must ensure that Never Again means Never Again'
By Lee Harpin
Mervyn Kersh, D-Day veteran lays a wreath during the annual parade by AJEX, the Jewish Military Association, to honour and remember the service of Jewish servicemen and women 'who fought and served for freedom since World War I' at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. Picture date: Sunday November 17, 2024. PA Photo.
October 31, 2025, 6:30 pm
D-Day hero Mervyn Kersh urges community to attend AJEX 2025 parade
'Every Jew who possibly can be in Whitehall, should be in Whitehall' on Sunday 16 November
By Michelle Rosenberg
Mervyn Kersh, 100-year old D-Day veteran, at Normandy, June 2025.
June 12, 2025, 1:46 pm
Jewish D-Day veteran returns to Normandy for 81st commemoration
100-year old Mervyn Kersh paid tribute to the thousands of young men who died fighting Nazi troops in France on June 6, 1944
By Michelle Rosenberg
Prince Charles meeting members of JLGB
May 2, 2025, 12:10 pm
JLGB to join national VE Day 80 events as UK honours war heroes
Young leaders to march past Buckingham Palace and attend Downing Street street party as part of historic commemorations
By Annabel Sinclair
Stanley Fisher and Mervyn Kersh. Pic: AJEX, June 2024
April 10, 2025, 11:15 am
EXCLUSIVE: Prime minister’s salute to Jewish liberators of Bergen-Belsen
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of liberation by British forces, Keir Starmer pays tribute to heroes Stanley Fisher and Mervyn Kersh in letter organised by Jewish News
By Michelle Rosenberg
January 28, 2021, 12:06 pm
120 over 80: Our oldest and wisest
From rabbis and volunteers to Shoah survivors and political figures, here is part three of our celebration of the Jewish community's original social influencers!
By Jewish News
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