Great War whistle heralds foundation’s launch

A SERVICE whistle last used on the battlefields of the Somme a century ago was sounded to launch a new charity created to keep the memory of fallen Servicemen and women alive. The Commonwealth War Graves Fou...

A book of heroes

Pippa and Gav Lehrle have been together for 15 years and an Army family for 13 of those. Gav is currently posted in Aldershot with REME while Pippa and their two boys live in Bordon. Army&You asked Gav to r...

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...

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...

The Game of Truce – 100 years on

FOOTBALL remembered last night as the British Army and the German Bundeswehr played out a fitting tribute to WW1. In front of a packed crowd, the two teams recreated the 1914 Christmas Game of Truce at Alder...

Remembrance match kicks off this week

In honour of the 1914 Christmas Truce and the game of football that is reputed to have taken place in no-man’s land, the British Army’s Football Team will again take on their German counterparts in the commemor...

Great War medical records revealed

MEDICAL records of 30,000 men who fought along the Western Front have been newly-transcribed to mark the centenary of the devastating First World War battle of Ypres. These rare accounts, from the 51st Field...

Veteran completes scooter challenge

ANDY McIntosh, a retired Army corporal from Strathaven near Glasgow, drove a TGA Breeze mobility scooter 100 miles to raise money for military charities on the 100th World War One anniversary. The ex-Service...

Special edition

EARLIER in 2014, families based at Chetwynd Barracks in Nottinghamshire took part in a creative project to produce a new graphic anthology, writes Project Co-ordinator, Katy Culbard. Funding from Arts Council ...