T-2 days: Veterans Minister embarking on record-breaking London to Everest challenge
To prepare, the former Royal Marines colonel Al Carns has been doing high-altitude tests, including walking without oxygen at 8,000m.
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Veterans I'm not superhuman: Ex-marine says military training helped him conquer Everest
Mitch Hutchcraft swam, cycled, ran and trekked from the UK to Nepal over nearly eight months before summiting the mountain
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Royal Marines 240 days and 19 countries later – Ex-Royal Marine completes Everest from sea level
From the shores of the UK to the top of the world, Project Limitless aims to push people outside the boundaries of what they think is ...
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Veterans Ex-Royal Marine takes on Everest in climactic end to world's longest climb in history
Mitch Hutchcraft, 31, is looking to complete his marathon journey from England to Nepal by summiting Everest
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Veterans New initiative focusing on veterans' health released to coincide with VE Day 80
The Government has launched the £1.8m training programme to ensure veterans get targeted healthcare suitable for their needs
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LGBTQ Tributes paid following death of trailblazing judge who led review on Armed Forces' 'gay ban'
Craig Jones MBE said Lord Etherton lifted mistreated LGBT+ veterans into the light.
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News Queen visits poppy display at Tower of London marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day
The VE Day commemorative display reuses original poppies designed for a previous installation at the Tower of London in 2014
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Veterans Thousands of Armed Forces veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network
To coincide with VE week, the Government has announced that £50m of new funding will help set up new veteran support centres across the UK
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Veterans Victoria and George Cross holders meet King and Queen at Windsor Castle
In St George’s Hall, the King and Queen, along with the Prince of Wales, were flanked by some of the bravest men you could hope to meet
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VE Day 80 A splendid occasion: Veterans describe how it felt to celebrate VE Day in 1945
From street parties to dancing, veterans recall their joy after learning Nazi Germany had surrendered and the fighting in Europe was over.
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Veterans Veteran cards to be accepted as valid ID for voters heading to the polls on 1 May
The Government hopes that allowing veteran ID cards at polling stations will encourage more former service personnel to vote.
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Veterans Behind the scenes as the King's Troop get parade-ready for VE Day 80
The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will join the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in leading the procession to mark VE Day.
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WWII Speaker and Chelsea Pensioners turn on Big Ben's symbolic light to mark WW2's end
The journey to the top of Elizabeth Tower to turn on the light in 1945 was replicated by the Speaker and two Chelsea Pensioners.
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Veterans Chelsea Pensioner and last survivor of Raiding Support Regiment turns 103
John Morris served on operations in Albania, Yugoslavia, Montenegro and Greece and went on to have a career in the TA after the war ended.
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WWII Army veteran recalls helping Belsen survivors emotionally – and with chocolate
Mervyn Kersh explains how he met survivors of the concentration camp following their liberation on 15 April 1945.
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WWII Fake news is just another name for propaganda, warns Bergen-Belsen survivor
Alfred Garwood, 82, speaks of his childhood memories of life in the Nazi concentration camp and its liberation by the British Army in 1945.