Market Garden: WWII operation that could have ended the war remembered 79 years on
The service of commemoration was organised by the Colchester-based 16 Air Assault Brigade and the City Council.
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Film Veteran starring in new film Gurkha Warrior bringing bravery of Gurkhas to big screen
A former soldier who was wounded in Afghanistan plays a section commander in Gurkha Warrior which is set during the Malayan Emergency
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WWI Missing soldier's World War One grave discovered and rededicated
The grave of Second Lieutenant Reginald Russell Boyd, who was killed while fighting on the Western Front, has finally been located
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USA Disappointment as mysterious 1820s West Point time capsule is opened
A box dating back almost 200 years that promised an insight into US military history has been unsealed, but what was found inside?
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Army Twenty years of 23 in 2023: Who are 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment?
This year, the regiment marks two decades since its formation in 2003.
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Army The Royal Yorkshire Regiment: All you need to know
The British Army's only county-named Infantry Regiment has more than 330 years of history behind it.
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WWI WW1 soldier laid to rest after ID mystery solved by 'war detectives'
The MOD War Detectives have been trying to establish the man's identity for five years.
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WWII Unknown soldier killed on the Somme buried more than 100 years after his death
Research by the MOD War Detectives to identify the remains showed he was most likely with 20th (Light) Divisional Artillery.
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Film Soldiers' chin straps: What details did Hollywood's movies get right?
Why did movie stars and action heroes often wear their chin straps undone? Was this done by mistake or intentionally?
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Army History Is the 'mark of shame' rumour about the RLC and the RAOC true?
Did a mistake result in two of the British Army's regiments wearing a 'mark of shame' on their heads forever?
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Army Princess Anne joins Royal Logistic Corps to mark 30th anniversary
The event in Winchester was the first parade by the RLC since they were granted freedom of the city.
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Veterans Irish Guards clean 'neglected' grave of wartime Field Marshal
Members of the battalion were told that the grave of Field Marshal Alexander was suffering from neglect - so they stepped up.
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Army 2 SCOTS travel to US to honour British soldier killed in American Revolutionary war
Soldiers from 2 SCOTS were flown over especially for the funeral to be pallbearers for the Highlander.
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Army RLC members raise flag on England's highest mountain to mark 30th anniversary
Members of 156 Royal Logistics Corps climbed to the top of Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England on the corps' 30th anniversary.
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History MOD's war detectives' final honour for WWI officers more than 100 years after their deaths
The graves of two officers who were missing since 1918 have been rededicated in France after they were identified by researchers.
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History Aldershot bombing: The first IRA revenge attack against British Army on English soil
The bomb hit the officers' mess at 16 Parachute Brigade three weeks after Bloody Sunday, killing seven people and injuring 19 others.