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At 9pm on Friday 8 May, the Legion took part in a UK-wide rendition of Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
Forty years since the conflict, Royal Navy veteran Charlie Threlfall recalls his time in the Falklands and surviving the perils of San Carlos Water.
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.
Aged 17 when the Falklands War broke out, John Sheppard recalls his time as a young chef on board MSV Stena Seaspread during the conflict.
The Gulf War, fought from 1990 to 1991, saw the largest use of British troops in one deployment since the Second World War.
Read the stories of three soldiers who contracted malaria when they served in the Far East during the Second World War.
In the UK there has been a huge increase in funding to help communities understand and celebrate the fight for recognition of Commonwealth soldiers.
The Fourteenth Army played a vital role in the victory over Japan. Learn why they were called the 'Forgotten Army' and uncover their overlooked sacrifices.
Explore the history of VJ Day, marking Japan’s surrender in 1945, and learn about the vital role of Commonwealth and Allied forces in the Far East campaign.
Between 1947 and 1963 a generation of young British men served their country as National Service conscripts. The last of these to finish was a young man named Richard Vaughan.
Discover how Bergen-Belsen became an infamous Nazi concentration camp in WW2 and what happened when it was liberated in 1945.
Winifred Blackwell shares her memories of being a Barrage Balloon Operator during the Second World War.
Gilbert Bradley and Gordon Bowsher fell in love before the start of WW2; but when Gilbert joined the army their relationship survived through letters.
The end of WW2 didn’t result in the immediate end of service for millions of British and Commonwealth troops.
At the end of WW2 millions were homeless, transport links had been destroyed, and many nations’ industry were in ruins.
Harry Leigh-Dugmore was evacuated from Dunkirk as part of Operation Dynamo in May 1940. Read his remarkable story.
Rajindar Singh Dhatt was born in Punjab and joined the army in 1941. He was part of the relief at Kohima and Imphal before serving in the gruelling Burma campaign.
Three generations of the Nixon family will visit Anzio and Monte Cassino to re-live the hardest fought battle of the war.
2020 marks 70 years since the start of the Korean war, a war that has never formally ended and many believe has been forgotten.
When war broke out in Korea in 1950 Bill Fox jumped at the chance for adventure and volunteered to serve. But he had no idea what was in store for him on the other side of the world.
Denis Fawcett joined the Royal Marines in 1940 and served at D-Day. In June 2016 he was awarded the Lègion d’Honneur.
Discover how the role of women in the Armed Forces has developed over the last 100 years and learn more about the women who pushed the boundaries.
Letters brought comfort to many. For some soldiers communication was easy but for soldiers from India it was not straightforward.
To mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War, we have curated a striking exhibition of specially-commissioned portraits of veterans and their memories of extraordinary times.
.jpg?sfvrsn=a011a3c8_2&method=CropCropArguments&width=452&height=452&Signature=0F20C09C5217E75F885E712BA65C8227FACA66F2 "French, Belgian and Dutch camp inmates prepare to leave Bergen-Belsen concentration camp © IWM (BU 4695)")
.jpg?sfvrsn=e0967d6a_2&method=CropCropArguments&width=452&height=452&Signature=FE7710B6D950C691777CE55003B2C491AB5CBD47 "Winston Churchill visits bombed out buildings © IWM (H 3978)")
