Discover a hidden trail with Birmingham City Poppy Quest 2019
A new 10k fundraising event is coming to Birmingham as The Royal British Legion launches the 2019 Poppy Quest on the 13th July. Starting at the iconic Victoria Square in…
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2019
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…
Bugle Breakfast sees pledges made to the Armed Forces
On 12th March 2019 we held a Bugle Breakfast at Hereford Army Reserve Centre, home of 2 Platoon, A Company 6 RIFLES, which welcomed business representatives from across the county….
Success for region’s first Military & Academic Partnership symposium
Representatives from Higher Education and Further Education institutions joined forces with local Army units to attend the region’s first West Midlands Military & Academic Partnership (MAP) Symposium. The event was…
Female police officers get taste of Army life
Forty female police officers from Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police got a taste of Army life. They attended an exercise at a training camp in Swynnerton, Staffordshire in February 2019. Under the watchful…
Two new trophies for 605 Sqn RAuxAF
Number 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron (Sqn) RAuxAF, based at RAF Cosford, were recently delighted to receive two new items for their trophy cabinet. The first is “The Kemp Dirk”…
Royal Yeomanry embark on Exercise Snow Fox
Both B Squadron Royal Yeomanry (RY) and D Squadron Royal Yeomanry took part in Exercise Snow Fox in January 2019 to complete a week of skiing in the French Alps….
BURNU take part in Royal Navy Alpine Championships
This year 11 members of Birmingham University Royal Naval Unit (BURNU) attended the Royal Navy Alpine Championships in Tignes, France, from 12th – 19th January 2019. The Alpine Championships are…
Army Reservist from Bromsgrove retires after 38 years service
An Army Reservist from Bromsgrove will wind up his military service this week after a career spanning almost four decades. Sergeant Mark Troth, from Charford, Bromsgrove, joined what was then…
Halfords Group signs Armed Forces Covenant
Halfords Group signed the Government’s Armed Forces Covenant on 6th February 2019 as it launched a range of measures to support service leavers and veterans, helping them access training and…