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“The image of just them marching up with the Union Jack draped over… he's come back home now.”
“We’re your brothers, your sisters, your cousins, your aunties, your uncles, your mums, your dads… There’s still a little bit of flak about Iraq, I think.”
“Every stop you had to dig a trench in that heat and with your body armour on… and constantly you got ‘Gas Gas’, CBRN sirens.”
“I remember saying to the lads ‘be really careful, this is where the RPG team were spotted’.”
“When you suddenly realise, this is actually someone's friend, son, husband, boyfriend: it really makes everything real.”
“It’s so important to remember people who are able to give up everything for something more than themselves.”
“(The military) does the fighting, but it also does the rebuilding. And it's the second part that we don’t get enough real recognition for.”
“I spent so much time with them, as they’d often be with us for months, that it felt like they were family.”
"I think Iraq should be remembered for all those people that have lost their lives… I was always proud to wear that uniform."
It’s 35 years since the Gulf War concluded. We remember this transformative conflict, the service and sacrifices of those who took part, and its legacy.
“Unbelievable! Can you believe this happened!… and then next day you go off and do it again.”
“Until you are in a war zone, you don’t know what it means.”
“I can’t remember the life expectancy they’d given us, but it wasn’t long.”
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.
Sergeant Johnson Beharry was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry, for extreme heroism in 2004.
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.
