The 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 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 moreOn 10 February, members of the RAF Family completed a sponsored walk to honour the memory of Flight Sergeant Carrianne Franks and raise money for the Fund.
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.
Read moreMark Trainor, Falkland’s Royal Navy veteran, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire has always wanted to return to the Falkland Islands.
Read moreAs part of the ideas by The Veterans Charities (Cornwall) team to help win the bid for the Falmouth national Armed Forces Day event, we included the “living” memorial that is the Ribbon of Poppies™ .
Read moreOn 16 November former Essex Regiment and Glider Pilot Regiment veteran Captain Ron Johnson died at home aged 102.
Read moreNational Fishing Remembrance Day is a day for reflection and commemoration of all those who have lost their lives while working in fishing in the UK.
Read moreBlind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, has taken part in Remembrance alongside the community in Rustington following its move to the town.
Read moreD-Day veterans David Teacher and Peter Belcher, both aged 99, were among the residents who took part in a moving Remembrance Day ceremony at Broughton House Veteran Care Village in Salford.
Read moreArundel’s Remembrance Parade was attended by crowds of people, including The Duke of Norfolk and Paul Jacobs, who was blinded in Afghanistan almost 15 years ago, representing SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.
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