On this week's segment of We the People, it seemed fitting to shine a spotlight on someone who is also celebrating a big ...

Dougie Shelley, who joined the Royal Navy aged 17, will turn 100 on September 23 and has no known surviving family ...

The Southend branch of the Royal Naval Association has issued the appeal for Mr Shelley, who will turn 100 on 23 September.

A branch of the Royal Naval Association is appealing for well-wishers to send 100th birthday cards to a Second World War ...