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29 March 2018

Royal Star and Garter

Care Home, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Visit, Veterans, Welfare, WW2

WW2 Spitfire pilot shares his wartime experiences for RAF Centenary

On 1st April 2018, the RAF will celebrate 100 years since its formation. The Royal Star & Garter Homes, a Charity that provides specialist care for veterans and their partners who live with disability or dementia, has been privileged to care for many RAF veterans in its 102-year history. Once such resident is Second World War Spitfire pilot Phillip Johnson. To commemorate the RAF centenary, here we share his incredible story.

Phillip joined the RAF on his 18th birthday and underwent the demanding Spitfire pilot training in the UK, Africa and Egypt. Once his training was complete Phillip was flown to Malta and joined 185 Squadron.

28 March 2018

Soldiering On Awards

Army, Awards, Courses, Employment, Events, Media, mentoring, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Soldiering On Awards announce Awards Night Presenters!

TV and Radio Broadcaster Jeremy Vine and Actress Fiona Dolman

We are delighted to announce that radio and TV broadcaster Jeremy Vine will be returning to host the Soldiering On Awards by popular demand! The Jeremy Vine Show on Radio 2 is the most listened-to radio news programme in the UK. Jeremy also presents Eggheads and Points of View, along with election night specials and much more.

27 March 2018

The Royal British Legion

Campaigns, Events, Remembrance, WW1

The Legion adds its voice to calls to recognise first black Officer

The Royal British Legion is supporting a campaign to posthumously award a Military Cross to Walter Tull, Britain’s first black Army Officer who was killed during the First World War.

To coincide with the 100th anniversary of Tull’s death yesterday, over 120 MPs signed a letter to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Defence asking for the medal be awarded to mark the centenary.

This year, the Legion is leading a national movement to thank all who served and sacrificed during the war, from those who lost their lives to those who played their part on the home front.

27 March 2018

BLESMA

Anniversaries, Challenge, fundraising, Remembrance, Sport, WW2

Amputee war veteran takes on D-Day 44 challenge for Military Charity

An amputee war veteran is taking on his first ultra-running challenge on the 74th anniversary of the D-Day landings to support fellow injured veterans.

Former soldier Rob Copsey will be running 44-miles along the Normandy coastline for the relaunched D-Day 44 Challenge on the 6th June to raise money for military charity Blesma, The Limbless Veterans.

The challenge, which consists of a 44-mile run or 22-mile walk, was set up in 2009 by Army surgeon Lt Col Mike McErlain to commemorate the 1944 Allied invasion of occupied France on the anniversary of D-Day. However, in 2013, the event was cancelled when Mike tragically collapsed and died while taking part.

27 March 2018

Legasee

Anniversary, Army, History, Music, Remembrance, Research

Veterans charity commissioned to chronicle the 160-year history of the Royal Military School of music at Kneller in South West London

Veterans Urged to Come Forward and Tell Their Stories

Following the MOD’s announcement that the Royal Military School of Music is to vacate its historic home at Kneller Hall in South West London, veterans’ charity The Legasee Educational Trust has been commissioned to chronicle over 160 years of military music tradition at the celebrated Grade II listed institution.

Supported by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and teaming up with local schoolchildren from Chase Bridge School in Twickenham, the Legasee Educational Trust will explore the illustrious history of The RMSM at Kneller Hall and examine the importance of music to the military effort.

27 March 2018

The Royal British Legion

Events, fundraising, Remembrance, Sport, Veterans, WW1

Army V Navy Match Ball Will Go To Gallipoli Ahead of the Big Game

A team of UK Armed Forces Personnel are walking 30km as part of a commemorative tour around the battlefield sites of Gallipoli accompanied by the match ball that will be used in this year’s Army Navy Rugby Match.

Led by the Royal Navy’s Lt Cdr Doc Cox, the team includes British Army colleagues WO2 Adam Finch, Capt Hugo Engelbrecht and Sgt Sid Ney and they will be supported on the day by Capt Roly Jackson. The team will set off at sunrise on Sunday 22nd April from V Beach taking in poignant sites across the region where 58,000 allied soldiers – including 29,000 British and Irish soldiers and 11,000 Australians and New Zealanders – lost their lives.

23 March 2018

Soldiering On Awards

Army, Awards, Courses, Employment, Events, Media, mentoring, Navy, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Serving, Transition, Veterans, Welfare

Last Chance to Vote for the Soldiering On Awards Pets at Home Animal Partnership Award!

Voting for the Soldiering On Awards Pets at Home Animal Partnership Award closes midnight Monday 26th March!

Help chose the winner.

The Soldiering On Awards judges have selected three finalists whose stories of the special relationship between human and animal partnerships shine as examples of devotion, inspiration and hope.

23 March 2018

The Royal British Legion

Children, Remembrance, Schools, Veterans

RBL Branch growing a new legacy for Jersey

The Jersey branch of The Royal British Legion and local plant supplier, Jersey Plants Direct, invited local schoolchildren and dignitaries – including Jersey’s Lieutenant Governor Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton and his wife Lady Dalton – to plant their very own poppies and express their thanks for the World War One generation by remembering the fallen in this centenary year.

At an event that took place at the Cenotaph (St Helier Memorial) on Tuesday 13th March, pupils from Helvetia House School were able to plant Flanders poppies donated by Jersey Plants Direct, a local grower, and kick off a year of planned events by the Legion on the island.

22 March 2018

Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Anniversary, RAF, Remembrance, Royal Air Force, Veterans

As we approach 1 April and the official launch of the RAF’s centenary celebrations, the RAF Benevolent Fund has shared the story of another incredible centenarian.

Like so many of her generation, Rose doesn’t think her story is worth telling but the 101-year-old WAAF veteran is modestly underplaying her vital role in the D-Day landings and the two honours she received as a result. Here she tells her story…

I joined the RAF when I was 25, in 1941. My fiancé Wilf had been posted to the Middle East so I thought I’d better contribute to the war effort and hopefully get him home sooner!

During the Second World War there were only three trades open to women: MT drivers, cooks and barrage balloon operators.

22 March 2018

Burma Star Association

Remembrance, Support, Veterans, WW2

Burma Star Memorial Fund – support needed for Remembrance Project

The Burma Star Memorial Fund is embarking on an exciting new Remembrance Project and needs some help. It plans to set up an online ‘Remembrance Book’ which will include as many of the veterans of the ‘Burma Campaign’ as possible. To start the process it wants to have all the application forms of the members, past and present, of The Burma Star Association, approximately 56,000, digitalised to form a database for this project.

So what is needed is someone who is able to input the information on the application forms quickly and accurately on to a computer.

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