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This year we're remembering the impact that absence and coming home have on Service men and women, and their loved ones.
Remembrance honours the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. They protect our way of life.
Letters brought comfort to many. For some soldiers communication was easy but for soldiers from India it was not straightforward.
By the end of 1945 troops were back home in the UK. But a UK that looked very different from the one they’d left when at the outbreak of war.
The Fourteenth Army not only faced the dangers of the Japanese forces in WW2 but also the danger of tropical disease. Their first line of defence was prevention from wearing long trousers and sterilizing water to the use of insect repellents and insecticides.
As champions of Remembrance, Remembrance Travel invite you to explore and remember the bravery and sacrifice of our Armed Forces.
We encourage everyone to embrace the traditions of Remembrance but also make it their own. Use these resources to create your own act of Remembrance.
By 1945 Allied service personnel in SEAC totalled an incredible 1,304,126; 954,985 of this number were from Commonwealth and Empire forces.
There are many reasons, historical, political, cultural and social for why so many veterans of the war in the Far East have felt forgotten.
Every year the nation unites to remember the contribution of military and civilian servicemen and women involved in both World Wars and later conflicts.
We understand how involved it can be, taking students on a tour and we're committed to making your tour prep as straightforward as possible.
Australian, New Zealand, Canadian and a number small Pacific Islands, such as Fiji were involved in the war in the Pacific.
After VE Day many Britons began to think about rebuilding their lives, but prior to VJ Day thousands remained prisoners of war in the Far East.
Read the stories of three soldiers who contracted malaria when they served in the Far East during the Second World War.
Our red poppy is a symbol of Remembrance and of hope, including hope for a positive future and a peaceful world.
An essential part of maintaining morale was keeping troops entertained. Most units had a joker, and larger units would stage pantomimes.
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