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...

Boris backs veterans’ campaign

LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson and newspaper owner Evgeny Lebedev spent a night rough-sleeping on a London street to support of a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of homeless veterans. Armed with just a...

Have your say – register to vote

THE 2015 UK Parliamentary General Election is fast approaching and the only way you can have your say is to be on the electoral register. Registering to vote is simple. Army personnel and their families that...

Royal Ascot releases tickets for troops

ASCOT Racecourse is offering 1,500 two-for-one grandstand admission tickets to Armed Forces personnel and their families and MOD Civil Servants at Royal Ascot on Friday 19 June. As well as featuring a host o...

Kick the habit

ACCORDING to a report from the Ministry of Defence, one-in-three Armed Forces members smoke. To combat this high figure, Service personnel and their families are being urged to get involved in No Smoking Day on...

Reminder for England-based Forces parents

IF your child attends a state school, academy or free school in England and has been registered with the school as a Service pupil, the school will be granted a Service Pupil Premium (SPP) of £300. Schools w...

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...

Officer’s sketches support military charities

CAPTAIN Alex Biddulph of 26th Regiment, Royal Artillery has published a book of sketches he drew while on an operational tour in Afghanistan earlier this year. Drawing the Front Line is a collection of sight...

Support AFF this Christmas

POST-modern folk group three and me are releasing charity single Lost and found with all download proceedings going to the Army Families Federation (AFF). Inspired by Vera Brittain’s renowned autobiography T...