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Yavar Abbas trained as a combat cameraman, following the troops of the 14th Army and documenting the extraordinary reality of the war in the east.
Keith Botterill was underage when he joined the Australian Army. He was captured at Singapore and endured the horror of prison camps in Borneo.
Pessima Lamboi, from Sierra Leone, was one of 600,000 Africans to serve in the war. He bravely faced gruelling combat and conditions in Burma.
Norman ‘Norrie’ Bartlett’s extraordinary service in the Royal Navy took him across global conflict zones, culminating in the Pacific, and witness to the war’s end.
The Battle of Britain raged across our skies 85 years ago. We remember the brave pilots and groundcrew who served.
It’s 25 years since the ban on gay men and women serving in the Armed Forces was lifted. To mark this historic milestone Marci George tells her story.
Lee jumped at the chance to serve in Bosnia. “They were short of Control Signallers so that's why they wrote to me seeking volunteers.”
“When you’re there, you just react, you get fired upon and you witness ethnic cleansing, but afterwards it hits you.”
Anna led 30-truck convoys of aid. “It was sliding towards the edge of the cliff. I just said to the driver, ‘jump!’”
Jonathon was in command of the 1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers: “We are not leaving here till we’ve got those boys back.”
We support the teaching of Remembrance across the UK and have designed a range of free teaching resources for Key Stages 1- 4.
Sergeant Pardeep Kaur was born in a small Indian village. She grew up to become a British Army chef and instructor, and to receive an MBE from Prince William.
Captain Richard Akinwade grew up in Scotland. He was the first person of West African descent to obtain an Army officer’s commission, serving as an Army Surgeon during WWII.
From an early age, Joan admired the RAF and loved football. As Wing Commander and the RAF’s representative to the FA Council, she has been able to embrace both.
From Jamaica to Seaford in Sussex and finally to the Western Front, Robert’s story was uncovered by his niece. Today this often-overlooked piece of British history inspires a new generation.
2025 marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War, with Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8 May 1945 and Victory over Japan (VJ) Day on 15 August 1945.
