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Minister confirms free train travel for veterans to attend remembrance services

The Transport Secretary has confirmed military personnel and veterans will be able to access free train travel to attend remembrance services again this year. It was reported on Friday that the Government had revoked the offer, funded by the public ...

09 Oct 2022 at 17:44

Ex-soldier found hanging after charity’s PTSD support ended, inquest told

A former soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder who was found hanging three months after he lost support from a specialist veteran’s charity was “upset” when the service ended, an inquest has heard. Alan Forcer, 40, had been treated by the ...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:42

Minister to overturn decision to scrap free remembrance services train travel

The Transport Secretary intends to overturn a decision to scrap free train travel for military personnel attending remembrance services this year. The Government was said to have revoked the offer, funded by the public purse in 2021, because ...

07 Oct 2022 at 22:53

Government unveils plan to commemorate nuclear test programme veterans

The Government has announced it will spend almost half a million pounds commemorating the “incredible service” of the veterans of Britain’s nuclear testing programme. It comes on the 70th anniversary of Operation Hurricane, the detonation ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

British and Argentine Falklands veterans unite to scale Mont Blanc

A team of British and Argentine Falklands War veterans will attempt to scale Mont Blanc next month in an “act of reconciliation” to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict. This year marked four decades since the end of the undeclared ...

18 Aug 2022 at 16:08

Scotland

Veteran who fought in Dunkirk rearguard defence celebrates 104th birthday

The oldest veteran of the Royal Scots regiment, who fought in rearguard defence during the Dunkirk evacuations, is celebrating his 104th birthday. Major John Errington, from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, fought at the battle of Le Paradis ...

12 Aug 2022 at 10:06

Ireland

Second World War planes fly over Dublin as part of Irish Air Corps Veterans Day

Two of the Royal Air Force’s Second World War planes have flown over Dublin as part of a Veterans’ Day event for the Irish Air Corps. Guests and veterans of the Irish Air Corps gathered in the Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel in west ...

22 Jul 2022 at 20:50

Operation Market Garden veteran marks 100th birthday

A Second World War medic who helped save lives during Operation Market Garden has described reaching his 100th birthday as a “wonderful occasion” but said there are not many of his division left. Alec Hall, of Southend in Essex, ...

03 Jun 2022 at 19:49

Veteran amputee completes 2,000km charity cycle across the UK

A veteran amputee has completed a 2,000km cycle ride, covering the length of the UK, to raise money for charity. Stuart Croxford, from Cornwall, had his right leg amputated in 2014 after he was injured in an explosion in ...

20 May 2022 at 20:36

Veterans minister urges ex-armed forces personnel not to join Ukraine conflict

Veterans are being urged not to travel to Ukraine to fight, in a letter sent by a minister to military charities. A small number of serving British personnel are believed to have gone absent without leave to join the ...

11 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Team of 21 lottery winners worth £146 million dig in for veterans’ charity

A team of 21 National Lottery winners with a combined wealth of £146 million have been digging in to support a charity for veterans. The winners, including a number of army and navy veterans, have got stuck to help ...

28 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Northern Ireland

Partner of Army veteran taking human rights case against British Government

The partner of a Troubles era Army veteran said she is taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming discriminatory treatment by the British Government. Kim Devonshire, partner of Northern Ireland ...

25 Apr 2022 at 15:55

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