As part of this year’s International Women’s Day celebrations West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (West Midland RFCA) linked up with West Midlands Women’s Voice to take part in an event to showcase and discuss the changing roles of women. ‘In Conversation With Dr Helen Pankhurst’ hosted guest speakers, panels and presentations from a wide variety of organisations and individuals in the…
Ten soldiers from Stafford-based 16th Signal Regiment will today form a guard of honour at the funeral of legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks. England’s 1966 World Cup-winning and former Stoke City keeper died at the age of 81 after battling kidney cancer. Gordon Banks’ family asked for the military presence at the funeral given the goalkeeper’s links to the Army. The soldiers, commanded by…
An Army photographer from Shropshire has scooped a top prize in an annual Army photography competition. Sergeant Deklan (‘Dek’) Traylor, 28, who was born in Llandrindod Wells and went to Church Stretton Secondary School and Ludlow College, was awarded first place in the ‘Professional Soldiering’ category of this year’s Army Photographic Competition for a photo he took of an Army exercise in Kenya….
An Army Reserve Centre in Stourbridge hosted members of a former Intelligence Corps and MI6 officer’s family and descendants of some of the people whom he saved in Nazi Germany. A twelve-foot long wall mural telling the life story of Major Frank Foley CMG, a quarter-scale miniature replica of a statue unveiled in a Stourbridge park and an Enigma machine, used by Britain’s…
The annual Stoke-on-Trent Military Tattoo is held in support of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, who are the British Army’s own National Charity. Established in 1944 and still providing support to soldiers, former soldiers and their families in times of need and also funding for other well known and respected specialised military charities. There are very few towns and cities in the UK to…
It’s a centenary special at this year’s Armed Forces Day, with the Dudley Council event set to mark 100 years since the formation of the Royal Air Force and the end of World War I this weekend. Run in association with Black Country Housing Group, the Himley Hall and Park event will celebrate the work of service men and women past and present…
On Friday the 25th May 2018 a contingent of 33 people from the Oldbury Royal British Legion (RBL), Birmingham Dunkirk Veterans and Fellowship Association and the West Midlands area comprising of veterans, civilians and relatives of fallen service men travelled to Belgium. The aim of the visit was to pay tribute and respects to fallen comrades, particularly those who had served in local…
On 19th May 2018, Royal Air Force Cosford was granted the Freedom of Birmingham. The event marked the significant relationship enjoyed between RAF Cosford and the people of Birmingham and took place against the back drop of UK-wide RAF100 celebrations. The Freedom of Birmingham Parade began in Victoria Square at 11.00 am. 170 Royal Air Force personnel, members of the University of Birmingham…
A soldier from Rugeley, along with his dog, will be taking part in the Cathedral to Castle ten mile run in Lichfield on Sunday 8th April after his wife was diagnosed with cancer over a year ago. Private Marcus ‘Frosty’ Freeman, 45, will be accompanied by his Staffordshire bull terrier, Fred, every step of the way. His wife, Dawn, is currently in remission…
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