On 18 March East Midlands Railway (EMR) and The Veterans Charity were awarded second place in the Best Community Engagement event at the Community Rail Awards 2024.
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On 18 March East Midlands Railway (EMR) and The Veterans Charity were awarded second place in the Best Community Engagement event at the Community Rail Awards 2024.
Read moreRepresentatives from across the military and civilian communities have come together at Stonehenge World Heritage Site on Friday 22 March 2024, for a service of prayer and remembrance to mark 80 years since the loss of HMS Stonehenge at sea.
Read moreOn the evening of 6 June, the Royal Albert Hall will host ‘D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings’, a unique evening of music-led, multi-generational storytelling, reflecting on the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
Read moreThe Army Benevolent Fund is delighted to award a £15,000 grant to the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, towards its special trips and activities.
Read moreTom Schaffer, who was affectionately known as the poster boy of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans died on 16 March, he was 97.
Read moreAll at the RAF Benevolent Fund pay tribute to the service and life of Wing Commander John Bell MBE DFC LdH, who sadly passed away last night at the age of 100 – due to turn 101 on 25 March – at his home in Storrington, West Sussex.
Read moreWith 80 days to go until the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Royal British Legion is calling on the public to commemorate the Normandy campaign; a major turning point in the Second World War that led to the eventual liberation of Western Europe.
Read moreTaxi Charity Dutch Ambassador Frans Ammerlaan has been awarded an honorary MBE by King Charles for services to commemorations and to British World War II veterans.
Read moreThe RAF Benevolent Fund spoke to Sybil Piper, who served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in the Second World War, about her service and how the Fund has helped her in recent years.
Read moreThe death at 97 of Orcheston resident Nicola Trahan MBE has saddened many people, but her life – WWII SOE courier, SSAFA Sister, and later a volunteer in Wiltshire for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity – has astounded and fascinated many more.
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Afghanistan support
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