Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR) today (Wednesday 23 April 2025) launched a major public appeal to restore the charity’s century-old Memorial at Eastern Cemetery in Leith, Edinburgh – a poignant legacy project ahead of the 80th anniversary of VE Day in 2025.
Read moreNever Such Innocence (NSI) has special ways to get involved with Month of the Military Child this April!
Read moreWWII Veteran Norman Bartlett died on 17 March just one week short of his 99th birthday.
Read moreA richly detailed collection of 24-carat gold-plated and silver-plated commemoratives, featuring the work of acclaimed artist Jacqueline Hurley, has been released to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, VJ Day, and the end of World War Two. SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, will benefit from each set purchased.
Read moreVeterans living at a charity’s care homes and using its services have been sharing their views as part of a new project highlighting the value of veterans and older people.
Read moreThe 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day will be marked this year with a series of events and celebrations that will share stories of the Second World War generation.
Read moreWWII veteran Reginald Pye, from Burry Port, Carmarthenshire died on 18 February aged 101.
Read moreOn Monday morning, SSAFA marked 80 days until its upcoming VE Day 80 concert on 8 May with a display of a full-size replica Spitfire outside the Royal Albert Hall. World War II veterans and other special guests were invited to mark the occasion.
Read moreOn February 14, 1885, The Times published a letter from Major – later Colonel Sir – James Gildea asking the public to support the wives, widows, and children of soldiers and sailors who were killed, injured, or rendered incapacitated through service to Queen and Country.
Read moreOn Tuesday, 4 February 2025, the Forces Employment Charity (FEC) celebrated 140 years of providing life-long, life-changing support, jobs and training opportunities to Service leavers, veterans, reservists and their spouses, partners and children.
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