SAS veteran Chris Ryan is on a mission to get kids reading
'I'm not going to change the world but if I change a couple of kids, I'll be really happy'.
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Falklands Navy nurse recalls treating injured personnel during Falklands conflict
Nicci Pugh was one of 40 British women who served and remembers treating the many casualties on HMHS Uganda.
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Army Britain's grandest base? The Commando Gunners' castle on the hill
Forces News were welcomed into 'The Citadel' in Plymouth as the Commando Gunners celebrate 60 years.
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History Guiding the Empire: How Girl Guides helped to end the First World War
A new exhibition is shining a spotlight on the vital role the Girl Guides played during WWI
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WWI WWI soldier who was identified by engraved spoon finally laid to rest
Private William Johnston was one of two British soldiers laid to rest with full military honours, more than a century after their deaths.
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Falklands Falklands: How British Forces won the conflict
Defence analysts say British Forces' military operations to recapture the Falklands were a "military impossibility".
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Royals Union Jack: Do you know the correct way up?
Fewer than 50% of the population can tell when the Union Jack is being flown upside down, can you?
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Aircraft Lancaster: WW2 veterans tell story of aircraft in emotive documentary
New feature documentary Lancaster is a story of courage, fear, friendship and the moral complexities of war.
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Falklands HMS Sheffield survivor recalls guilt he still feels 40 years after sinking
In 1982, then-22-year-old Chris Purcell was serving on the ship's galley and as a gunner when Argentinian jets attacked the vessel.
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Falklands Falklands conflict: When the Navy sank Argentina's General Belgrano
The Argentinian cruiser was torpedoed by the UK during the 1982 conflict.
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History The courageous women who stepped up in defence of Malta
Eighty years after the country was awarded the George Cross, we honour all those who defended the island.
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WWII Operation Mincemeat: How a homeless man's dead body fooled Nazi Germany
The incredible story of a secret operation to dress the corpse of a dead homeless man as a major in the Royal Marines.
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History Epic task of restoring WW2 Lancaster to flight
In the last years of the Second World War, it was the heavy bomber used to take the war to the heartland of Nazi Germany.
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Aviation History Celebrity Chinook newest addition at museum
Bravo November had a distinguished career was one of the original 30 Chinooks ordered by the RAF in 1978.
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Feature The secret compass hidden behind a pair of Second World War trouser buttons
The buttons could share a direct link to James Bond.
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Forces Charities Veterans Aid marks 90 years of helping homeless veterans in crisis
The charity offers immediate practical support to homeless former servicemen and women