In September 1944, at the age of 19, Frank Ashleigh was the youngest airman to take part in Operation Market Garden.
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In September 1944, at the age of 19, Frank Ashleigh was the youngest airman to take part in Operation Market Garden.
Read moreBlind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, is inviting businesses and local groups to ‘Gift a Wreath’ to be laid by blind veterans at local Remembrance events around the country this November.
Read more100 year old WWII veteran Tommy Parkinson from Gospel Oak died on 2 June 2023.
Read moreKnown to many in the Armed Forces community in Scotland and beyond, Veronica Young – or Vron to all – died on 5 June following breast cancer, which she had faced valiantly and with determination.
Read moreWW2 veteran, Ronald Baker, of Maldon, took part in the D-Day landings 79 years ago.
Read moreTo commemorate the end of National Service 60 years ago, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity is delighted to release a new podcast, hosted by Harry Bucknall, featuring the voices of British Army National Service veterans.
Read moreThe Taxi Charity was saddened to hear that WWII veteran Alexander ‘Alec’ Campbell Borrie, who served with 1st SAS had died in Darent Valley Hospital.
Read moreAs part of Pride Month, The Poppy Factory is opening its doors to host LGBT+ Veterans & Fighting With Pride for an afternoon in June!
Read moreOn 16 May wreaths were laid at the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park to mark 80 years since the Dambusters undertook their daring raid in the Second World War.
Read more80 years since the biggest loss of Female Army Life in British history, the 26 British servicewomen killed by Great Yarmouth bombing were remembered at events around the UK: From Stornoway to Bournemouth, Acts of Commemoration took place at 2pm on Sunday 14 May
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