17 Jan

VE Day 75

Celebrations to mark VE Day are being organised by The Royal British Legion. Click on the link below for full details, but please note that the closing date for applications […]

READ MORE
12 Jan

NMA Accommodation and Coach Transfer

The Centenary event of the unavailing of the Centenary Memorial Stone at the National Memorial Arboretum on June 10th is fast approaching. Just 4 Groups (the accommodation bookers)) have kindly […]

READ MORE
10 Jan

Royal Navy Marks 20 Years Lifting of LGBT Ban

Naval bases and Royal Marines units are flying rainbow flags from their main masts, sailors attended a House of Commons reception and Portsmouth’s Naval Base headquarters lit up in colours […]

READ MORE
9 Jan

Book Review: A Game of Birds and Wolves

BOOKS The deadly war game of the Battle of the Atlantic Simon Parkin describes how a small team in Liverpool, consisting largely of young Wrens, developed a stratagem to foil […]

READ MORE
2 Jan

Want to join the Military Wives Choir? (You don’t have to be a wife!)

If anybody is looking for a new hobby to start the New Year a lot of the 70 plus Military Wives Choirs will be having ‘new starter’ events in the […]

READ MORE
30 Dec

Women’s Royal Indian Naval Service established during WW2

Featured image: Female ratings of the Women’s Royal Indian Naval Service (WRINS) at GHQ Delhi, India. June 1945. (Private Collection). Repost from British Empire & Commonwealth Forces in the Far […]

READ MORE