Throughout the events taking place this week to mark eighty years since Victory in Europe, the Corps will be sharing thoughts from FANYs taking part and sharing their reflections on why they joined the Corps, and why it was important to them to take part in this week’s events.
Read moreBlesma proudly took part in the VE Day 80 Commemoration Event held in Chelmsford city centre on Monday 5 May.
Read moreMembers of the Corps are supporting LONDIST throughout the week of VE80 commemoration events with casualty extraction and in the operations room.
Read moreBlind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, has released the memories as part of its ‘After the Darkness’ campaign, which seeks to not only shine a light on the veterans’ brave service, but also raise funds and bring awareness to the challenges faced by veterans living with sight loss.
Read moreThe 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day will be marked this year with a series of events and celebrations that will share stories of the Second World War generation.
Read moreOn Monday morning, SSAFA marked 80 days until its upcoming VE Day 80 concert on 8 May with a display of a full-size replica Spitfire outside the Royal Albert Hall. World War II veterans and other special guests were invited to mark the occasion.
Read moreOn February 14, 1885, The Times published a letter from Major – later Colonel Sir – James Gildea asking the public to support the wives, widows, and children of soldiers and sailors who were killed, injured, or rendered incapacitated through service to Queen and Country.
Read moreOn Tuesday, 4 February 2025, the Forces Employment Charity (FEC) celebrated 140 years of providing life-long, life-changing support, jobs and training opportunities to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their spouses, partners and children.
Read moreThroughout his long, long career Stan, who began as a Wireless Operator, flew in – deep breath – the Anson, Hudson, Dakota, Valetta, Hastings, York, Lincoln, Canberra, Halifax, Lancaster, Oxford, Beaufighter, Shackleton, and Nimrod as well as the nuclear strike V-Bomber trio of the Victor, Valiant, and Vulcan, the latter as both the testbed for the Concorde engine at Filton and on standby in the Cold War as an Air Electronics Officer.
Read moreA new memorial for the LGBT+ armed forces community will be constructed in the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
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