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    French village remembers WW2 SAS hero

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    An hero who was bludgeoned to death by German SS troops in World War Two is being remembered 75 years on.

    Lt Tomos Stephens, 24, from Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, and seven French resistance fighters died when their near Verrieres in Vienne, , was discovered in 1944.

    Villagers are holding a memorial service for the men on Wednesday.

    Lt Stephens was a member of the unit that parachuted in behind enemy lines as part of Operation Bulbasket.

    Image caption Lt Stephens' nephew John Stephens (second left) with veterans at the ceremony

    Image caption Children took part in the ceremony as well as veterans

    Over 200 people gathered at the site of a memorial on the outskirts of Verrieres in central France, 75 years to the day after the men were killed.

    Veterans from the UK and france were attending the ceremony at La Couarde.

    Known as Twm by his comrades, Lt Stephens had been chosen for a key mission to confirm the existence of petrol trains that had been spotted…

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