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So proud of their valiant military hero, are Bermondsey residents that they're making it their mission to erect a memorial in his name.

Albert McKenzie is honoured as one of Bermondsey's bravest sons and was an Able Seamen who took part in the Zeebrugge raid of St George's Day 1918.

Tributes have been paid to Sunday Mirror journalist Rupert Hamer who was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.

Rupert died when the vehicle he was travelling in with American troops in south Afghanistan was hit by an improvised explosive device. Sunday Mirror photographer Phil Coburn was seriously wounded in the same incident.

With Christmas fast approaching and the pressure mounting to find something original to give a loved one a Canary Wharf store has come up with something a little different.

Frontispiece Gallery, in Canada Place mall, has a range of war-themed postcards, many of which also have a Christmas theme, from the early 20th Century.