A team of thirteen serving military wounded, injured and sick (WIS) personnel and veterans are preparing for a life-changing expedition in the Himalayas which will form part of their psychological and physical recovery.
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A team of thirteen serving military wounded, injured and sick (WIS) personnel and veterans are preparing for a life-changing expedition in the Himalayas which will form part of their psychological and physical recovery.
Read moreIn this, the centenary of the end of the Great War, we are holding a Remembrance Luncheon to remember the sacrifices of current and previous generations.
Read morePoppyscotland’s national fundraising campaign to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War has captured the imagination of the nation, and none more so than an enthusiastic group of supporters at HMP Castle Huntly. The Dundee-based prison’s community has undertaken various challenges in order to reach The Poppy Pledge target of £1,918, which they must fulfil by Remembrance Sunday.
Read moreThe National Service of Remembrance, held at The Cenotaph in Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday, ensures that no-one is forgotten as the nation unites to honour all who have suffered or died in war.
Read moreThe Royal British Legion hosts the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 10 November to commemorate all those who have lost their lives in conflicts.
Read moreUK’s top military housing charity Haig Housing Trust has announced that 100 Veterans and serving personnel (in a private capacity) will walk 100 miles from Ypres to the Cenotaph to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War.
Read moreJust about everyone in the country by now should be aware the RAF is 100 years old this year. A relative youngest compared to the Royal Navy and the Army but nonetheless a vital component in Britain’s modern armed services. Whilst the sleek fighter aircraft get the admiring looks for the public and media photographers, we should not forget the essential and frequently unsung work undertaken by the RAF’s helicopters and transport squadrons, as well as the large cast of supporting specialists on the ground preparing people and planes for duty.
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Read more“D-Day, June 1944. The Allied forces led by General Eisenhower are poised to launch. 350,000 lives are at stake. The most important weather forecast of all time.
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Read moreMore than 200 Bomber Command veterans and their families gathered to remember their fallen comrades at a service at Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park on Sunday.
The annual service remembers the 55,573 airmen of Bomber Command who were killed during the Second World War and is held on the anniversary of the Memorial’s unveiling by Her Majesty the Queen in 2012. The service, led by Canon Brian Lucas, is organised by the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity and guardians of the Memorial.
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