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History The Royal British Legion at 100: How the RBL helped disabled veterans back to work after WWI
How did the RBL help this new generation of disabled men return to work?
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Live Events From Vera Lynn To David Beckham: A Brief History Of Forces Entertainment
How Winston Churchill paved the way for today's entertainment for the troops
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Nuclear How Sweden Almost Got The Bomb
R1: An experimental military facility turned into an experimental performance space …
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WWII ‘Strick’ – A Man Of All Ranks And WW2 Hero
See World War Two through the eyes of Eugene Strickland, a ranker, officer, and later legend
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History The Royal British Legion at 100: The evolution of remembrance
Why has the desire to honour our war dead not faded over time?
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History Who are the Yeoman Warders?
The official Tower of London guardians, commonly known as 'Beefeaters', have guarded the Tower since Henry VIII's reign.
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Technology Black Nasty - What Do You Use It For?
Call it Harry Black or the Black Nasty - it can fix anything from tanks to choppers
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Feature How fish and chips might have helped us win both world wars
One of Britain's favourite takeaways has a secret
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Armed Forces Day Talking The Talk About Walking The Walk, For Armed Forces Day
Military-themed walks are being organised by museums for Armed Forces Day.
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History Commonwealth War Graves Commission: A Brief History
From Fabian Ware and Rudyard Kipling to the CWGC we know today
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Naval History HMS Resolute: From Arctic abandonment to Oval office
The 19th-century Royal Navy vessel was abandoned in the icy landscape on an expedition before being discovered by American sailors.
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Veterans 'It's a real war': Veteran remembers Falklands conflict
Colour Sergeant Brian Faulkner served during the Falklands War and fought in the Battle of Mount Longdon.
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History Falklands War: 'I felt disbelief combined with knowledge of the inevitable. That was one of our colleagues'
Part Two of Lt. Cdr Farrow's story of his war alongside Admiral Sandy Woodward.
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History The Falklands War – day by day and blow by blow
A detailed account of the conflict 39 years after it ended.
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Falklands Falklands: The soldier's perspective - part two
A veteran of the Falklands War talks of his memories 39 years on ...