Facebook goes back in time
TODAY in 1915, Walter is certain that this year will bring victory for the Allied Forces. He just hopes it doesn’t happen before he gets a chance to put his long months of training into action.
Reports are c...
Celebrity support for Gurkha Appeal
JOANNA Lumley and Dan Snow are among celebrities lending their support to The Gurkha Welfare Trust’s Our Duty of Care Appeal which has launched this year.
Both Lumley and Snow will take part in the Trust’s f...
Community partnership polishes play park
A DERELICT play park has been given a new lease of life in the village of Temple Herdewyke.
The play park, close to the Defence Munitions base at Kineton, Warks, has been given a complete makeover thanks to ...
Giving our soldiers confidence to speak up
THE former Complaints Commissioner for the Cayman Islands, Nicola Williams has taken up the role as the UK’s Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces.
Speaking of her delight at taking up the app...
Get full marks with the kids this half-term
IF you’re looking for something fun and interesting to do with the kids this half term, look no further as we give you the lowdown on what’s on in February.
Imperial War Museum North
War at Sea: Jump ...
SSAFA volunteer’s service rewarded
SSAFA volunteer Bridgette Nulty, 67, has received a Commendation from General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1(UK) Division, British Forces Germany.
Major General James Chiswell CBE MC presented Bridgette with her...
Injured Servicemen receive ground-breaking treatment
HAMPSHIRE-based Pilgrim Bandits Charity is to fund the very first round of innovative Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) with the HBOT Trust in Edinburgh.
The treatment involves breathing pure oxygen at high...
Winstone’s wish for new Forces play
Following on from the success of The Two Worlds of Charlie F, Armed Forces champion and award-winning actor Ray Winstone has called upon the military community to back an innovative theatre project from The Roy...
Reading Force books new status
READING Force, the shared reading initiative for Service families in the UK and overseas, has become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Founded by Dr Alison Baverstock, academic and Service wife for nea...
Poppy print aids Service charities
AN amateur photographer has created a limited-edition print of the famous poppy display at the Tower of London to raise money for Blesma, The Limbless Veterans and the Royal British Legion.
Mark Bentley, a s...