Absolute Legends: The woman who helped defend British skies during WW2
This is the story of an ordinary woman being called up to do extraordinary things.
Women
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News Army's Ice Maidens Break New Ground In Science Of Extreme Environments
A team from Coventry University are measuring what effect two months on the ice has had on the six record-breaking women soldiers.
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Women WATCH: The Ice Maidens Reflect On Their Record-Breaking Journey Across The Antarctic
The first all-female team to have made the 1,700-kilometre crossing using muscle power alone have been speaking to Forces TV...
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News British Army's Ice Maidens Become First All-Female Team To Cross Antarctica Using Muscle Power Alone
After spending 62 days on the ice, the six soldiers led by Major Nics Wetherill and Major Nat Taylor have crossed the finish line...
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Navy Marking 100 Years Of Women In The Royal Navy
One of the slogans used in recruiting posters was "Join the Wrens and free a man for the fleet."
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Feature How trailblazing Doctor Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women's Hospitals revolutionized frontline medicine
Their story is little-known, but during the First World War, a group of Scottish women helped treat an estimated 200,000 Allied soldiers
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Feature Meet the women of the Royal Horse Artillery
Nearly half of the 154 soldiers in King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery are female, an unusually high percentage for the British Army.