James Wharton is the North of England reporter at BFBS Forces News and a former soldier in the British Army. A veteran of Iraq, he served both operationally and ceremonially during a ten-year career in the Household Cavalry. After leaving the military, he retrained at the BFBS Academy before earning a degree from the University of Warwick.
A fellow recruit tells BFBS he was always "weird" and "unremarkable" ...
The mystery of missing RAF pilot Eric Lock ...
With talk of mothballing, here's the gen on the British Army's Main Battle Tank fleet.
How ‘Unterseeboots’ wreaked havoc in the Atlantic Ocean across two world wars …
A heartbreaking tale of survival during the Second World War
The UK's history with nuclear weapons explained.
The Expert view on the new Apple TV blockbuster ...
British military units are not alone in the smartest uniforms stakes ...
All the info on La Patrouille de France
Lockdown Has Impacted Relationships In And Out Of The Bedroom
From the iPhone to Superglue… the technology we use daily that was born out of military necessity
A closer look at the Special Operations Executive of WWII and its top secret work
Odette Hallowes was tortured by the Gestapo, yet survived the war to become one of Britain's most decorated spies
List includes a Formula One champ, a two-time gold medalist and a boxer who took on Mohamed Ali, twice
WWII veterans like Alec Borrie received a charity gift to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day
We couldn't let these jokes go untold ...