War Graves Week: Encouraging people to explore local cemeteries
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission hopes the week will honour all who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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World In pictures: Military world marks Anzac Day 2022
Anzac Day is a day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorating the start of the Gallipoli landings in the First World War.
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Prince William Prince William lays wreath at Anzac Day service
Anzac Day marks the start of the First World War Gallipoli landings and is a national day of remembrance for Australia and New Zealand.
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Remembrance April deadline to get involved in key Falklands 40th events
Four decades after fighting came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum will be the setting for a 'liberation day' event.
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Army Memorial commemorates officers' mess bombing by IRA, 50 years on
The attack was the first atrocity committed on the UK mainland as a result of The Troubles.
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Remembrance Tribute to WW2 heroes who 'knew they would probably not come back' from daring mission
Final salute to Channel Dash heroes who flew a do-or-die mission to see off German fleet in the Second World War.
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Navy Thirty-two lost on K13 submarine remembered at Faslane memorial event
Wreaths were laid to remember servicemen who died in 1917 when their submarine sank in the Gareloch.
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Feature Debunking the myth that Jewish people didn't fight during the Second World War
The notion that Jews did not fight back against the horrors of the Holocaust is a myth – here's why.
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Navy Veterans launch £15,000 fundraiser for memorial to honour sinking of Navy ship
Four decades ago, HMS Sheffield was hit – and eventually sunk – by an Argentine missile while assisting with liberation of the Falklands.
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Army 'I died doing what I was born to do': Benedict Cumberbatch reads fallen soldier's letter
The moving letter from one of the youngest soldiers to die in Afghanistan was read by the actor at the Royal Albert Hall.
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WWII How a chance 74-year-old discovery led to WW2 RAF sergeant's remembrance
An ID bracelet was spotted in the soil by a girl who was watering the flowers that now grow in the ash pit on the site of his murder.
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Remembrance Remembrance: Jewish community holds parade at the Cenotaph
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the first wreath laying by Jewish veterans at the Cenotaph.
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Remembrance Why does the Jewish community have its own Remembrance?
This year's Jewish Remembrance ceremony takes place at The Cenotaph on Sunday.
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Rugby Union UKAF secure big win over Rugby For Heroes in thrilling try-fest
The UK Armed Forces team ran in ten tries in an exciting Remembrance match against the Rugby For Heroes select XV.
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Remembrance Lost Remembrance Day medal's owner found after viral Twitter search
Eighty-one-year-old veteran Rob Vroegop, who lives in Germany, has been contacted about how he would like his medal returned.
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Remembrance Poll results: Should Remembrance include commemorations for the emergency services?
The votes are in - and the result is a close one.