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The recommendations in this action plan 2024 are practical measures that the mayors of England’s devolved regions can take to improve the lives of their local Armed Forces communities.
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.
Keith Botterill was underage when he joined the Australian Army. He was captured at Singapore and endured the horror of prison camps in Borneo.
This year we marked the 25th anniversary of the end of the war in Kosovo and the service of our armed forces in the NATO peacekeeping force, KFOR, with an event in June.
As African men from the Fourteenth Army returned home in 1945, they found the war had brought subtle and profound change to the continent.
Nicholas Bennion is from the Pacific Islands of the island of Fiji. He joined the British Army in 2000 leaving his home and moving 9,800 miles to the UK.
Donna Stonelake is a former Royal Navy Able Rating and mother of three whose husband, Mark, was injured whilst serving in Afghanistan.
In 2019, WO2 Sergeant Major Sean Butcher was deployed on UN peacekeeping mission Op Tosca in Cyprus before, having only been home a few months, being sent, along with his unit, to support the NHS’s response to Covid-19.
Spies, Polish countesses and the legendary Colonel Buckmaster, Noreen Riols recalls her memories of the Secret Army.
"Less than 50% of the UK population know about the work RBL does. My biggest aspiration is to continue evolving our brand as a relevant and engaging charity".
The Invictus Games aims to harness the power of sport to inspire recovery and support rehabilitation for wounded, injured or sick servicemen and women.
Learn about making a civil claim for negligence, including whether this will affect your War Pension or Armed Forces Compensation eligibility.
Through this online workshop participants will learn new strategies and techniques for generating ideas, and be introduced to creative exercises to improve writing skills.
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Commonwealth forces outnumbered British forces in the Far East, and they were essential in bringing the war against Japan to an end.
