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First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Honington seeks lottery money to replace its packing case village hall

It was added in the mid-1980s but parish council chairman Rob Williams said the structure beneath that was moved there just after the war from RAF Honington, where it was the church. It is now rotting. So the village is now trying to secure Lottery funding ... [Published Bury Free Press - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: RAF Honington, DAVID CROFT, Rob Williams

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 2 reports

Career help for injured personnel

A specialised employment service to advise injured servicemen and women about professional life after the Armed Forces has been launched.Hundreds of businesses are offering work placements for troops as part of the Recovery Career Service, which is designed ... [Published BFBS Gibraltar - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Mark Francois, Adrian Peters, Military/Armed Forces, Royal Tank Regiment

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Veterans gather in Normandy to mark D-Day

Hundreds of D-Day veterans have gathered in Normandy to mark the 69th anniversary of the landings. A series of services are being held at sites along the coastline, where 150,000 Allied soldiers went ashore on June 6th 1944.The Big Lottery Fund’s "Heroes ... [Published Telegraph - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: D-Day, Royal Tank Regiment, Pioneer Corporation, Landing Area, Caen (France)

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Pioneer Corporation

D-Day veteran ashes taken to France

World War II veterans who took part in the D-Day landings are returning to Normandy with the hope of interring the ashes of a comrade who died last year.The veterans, from Norfolk and Suffolk, are taking with them an urn containing the remains of Ernest ... [Published BBC - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: D-Day, Pioneer Corporation, France

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

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More FOB Life

This time, at the more luxurious end of the scale British Army Patrol Base (PB) Attal has a comfortable mix of quiet wide open space and busy hubs of activity. Predominately home to a mixture of Artillery and Royal Tank Regiment, the PB has well organized ... [Published Think Defence - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Facebook Inc, Barry Lloyd, Royal Tank Regiment, Combat Camera

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

H Lee Scott

Team of heroes are racing to recovery

By | The True Heroes Racing celebrate a win on the adapted motorbikeA motorcycle racing team put together in the South West and fronted by an Afghanistan veteran is making an impact on motorsport less than a year after first meeting at Castle Combe.And ... [Published Shepton Mallet People - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Phil Spencer, 848 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment, H Lee Scott

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

'Support our troops': Charity speaks out after Woolwich murder

This is the message from the Croydon-based Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Association, a charity in Mitcham Road which supports soldiers based in barracks in the area.OVERSEAS: Lance Corporal Jason Grais from Croydon is on a tour of duty in Afghanis ... [Published Croydon Advertiser - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Grais, Squadron, Woolwich (United Kingdom), Royal Yeomanry

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Proud of yourself Sergeant?

Sgt Andrew McMahon of 2 Royal Tank Regiment punched a woman twice, blacking her eye and making her lose a tooth in a drunken and completely unprovoked attack... his sentence, a conditional dischargeA SOLDIER who grabbed a young woman by the hair and punched ... [Published Swindon Advertiser - May 30 2013]

Entities: Andrew McMahon, Royal Tank Regiment, CCTV, Conditional Discharge

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Jim Fraser obituary

_ In 1942 my friend Jim Fraser was a corporal in the Eighth Army, the Desert Rats, and the driver of the converted tank that was General Montgomery's command vehicle during the North African campaign to El Alamein and Tunis. Jim gave "Monty" the black ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 27 2013]

Entities: Jim Fraser, North African Campaign, Royal Tank Regiment

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Westbury army cadets say tanks for the memories

The Wiltshire Army Cadet Force’s Westbury Detachment gets up close and personal with one of the tanks at Harman LinesWestbury Detachment of Wiltshire Army Cadet Force (ACF) visited Harman Lines in Warminster to find out more about the range of heavy armoured ... [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - May 23 2013]

Entities: Detachment, Memory, Armoured Vehicle

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He said: "There should be one ordinary guy similar to the unknown warrior to represent them and we think our Barnardo’s boy Ernie Mears is the type of guy who would fit the bill."

Veterans gather in Normandy to mark D-Day [Published Telegraph - Jun 06 2013]

Alan King from Eye in Suffolk, who is also making the journey, said of the lottery funding programme: "I'm very grateful they're allowing us to go back again."

D-Day veteran ashes taken to France [Published BBC - Jun 04 2013]

Team manager Mr Spencer said: "We work closely with Afghan Heroes helping to raise the profile of the charity and like them are helping to rehabilitate former services personnel."

Team of heroes are racing to recovery [Published Shepton Mallet People - Jun 03 2013]

He said: "There's a huge difference between now and when I was here a few years ago. The Afghan forces are out there providing security, and we're now assisting them if they need it."

'Support our troops': Charity speaks out after Woolwich murder [Published Croydon Advertiser - Jun 03 2013]

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Honington seeks lottery money to replace its pa... [Published Bury Free Press - Jun 15 2013]
News story: 2013: Birthday Honours for Service ... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Jun 15 2013]
Career help for injured personnel [Published BFBS Gibraltar - Jun 11 2013]
Wounded troops’ work service begins [Published Jersey Evening Post - Jun 11 2013]
Veterans gather in Normandy to mark D-Day [Published Telegraph - Jun 06 2013]
D-Day veteran ashes taken to France [Published BBC - Jun 04 2013]
More FOB Life [Published Think Defence - Jun 03 2013]
Team of heroes are racing to recovery [Published Shepton Mallet People - Jun 03 2013]
'Support our troops': Charity speaks out after ... [Published Croydon Advertiser - Jun 03 2013]
HM meets ADC of his late father [Published Brunei Times - Jun 02 2013]
David Lee: Separate issue altogether [Published The Scotsman - May 30 2013]
Proud of yourself Sergeant? [Published Swindon Advertiser - May 30 2013]
Jim Fraser obituary [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 27 2013]
Andrew Mitchell: 'It's no good feeling hard don... [Published The Independent - May 26 2013]
Bogus war veteran is welcomed into Legion [Published Beverley People - May 25 2013]
Westbury army cadets say tanks for the memories [Published Calne Gazette & Herald - May 23 2013]
Detailed guidance: UK forces: operations in Afg... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 03 2013]
How a trivial row over a gate ended a 20-year c... [Published Telegraph - Oct 19 2012]
The former banker with ultra-competitive streak [Published Telegraph - Sep 24 2012]

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News story: 2013: Birthday Honours for Service ... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Jun 15 2013] 58 civilians have also been honoured either for work in the Ministry of Defence or in other aspects of UK Defence. The 183 Defence personnel named in the New Year Honours list for 2013 are as follows: Royal Navy AwardsPromotions in and Appointments ...
More FOB Life [Published Think Defence - Jun 03 2013] This time, at the more luxurious end of the scale British Army Patrol Base (PB) Attal has a comfortable mix of quiet wide open space and busy hubs of activity. Predominately home to a mixture of Artillery and Royal Tank Regiment, the PB has well organized ...
Detailed guidance: UK forces: operations in Afg... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 03 2013] Updated: Chronology of events in Afghanistan updated to 26 Mar 13 UK forces are deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UN-authorised, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and as part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom ...