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11th May 2012 - Members Only
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9th May 2012
In September of 1943, after Italy had signed an armistice, tens of thousands of Allied prisoners were released from their camps and were on the run in the Italian countryside. They faced a dilemma; should they stay put and wait for the Allies to break through from the south, should they head north and head for neutral Switzerland, or go south. Whatever their choice, they would ultimately need...
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17th April 2012
Royal Air Force personnel past and present attended a special charity event at Edinburgh Castle on Friday 13th April to honour all those who fought in RAF Bomber Command. The event, which was attended by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton and Wellington Bomber Airframe Fitter, Jackie ‘Dinger’ Bell (from Edinburgh and 100 this year) was held by the Royal Air...
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30th March 2012
The Mission: To install and dedicate a marble memorial at each of the two sites in Gorazde ( Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina ) in commemoration of the 4 x RGBW soldiers killed during 1RGBW’s operational UNPROFOR tour in 1994.
The Request: Financial support or specialist advice.
The Context: In 1994-95 the newly formed Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment (RGBW) conducted...
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21st March 2012
To read the article about the 50th Anniversary of the Formation of the Commando Gunners, please click on the following link: commandogunner50-(2).pdf
For more information about the Commando Gunners, visit their website: http://www.commandogunner.com.
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13th March 2012
On the 8th August 1945 the Air Ministry issued a communique revealing the existence of radar and in that communique the Ministry acknowledged the role that women had played in operating the system of air defence which became known as the ‘Dowding System.’
“Working under the closest secrecy since 1939, over 4,000 Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) personnel have played an...
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14th November 2011
The Not Forgotten Association is marking this time of Remembrance by arranging a tour for some of its beneficiaries to visit Ypres over Armistice. They will attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate on 11/11/11 to remember the wounded in The Great War and subsequent campaigns. The tour also includes a short service in the chapel at TocH in Poperinghe, from where many young men went to the...
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6th November 2011
British veterans awarded the Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) medal have been given permission by Her Majesty The Queen to wear it for the first time during Remembrance events next Sunday.
The Government of Malaysia introduced the medal in 2005 and awarded it to British and Commonwealth veterans who served in the conflict in Malaya in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Approval is not normally given...
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6th November 2011 - Members Only
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18th May 2012
Veterans Scotland- West Lothian signs agreement with Armed Forces
A historic agreement is forging stronger links between the West Lothian community and the Armed Forces. Thirty two Covenants...
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