カテゴリー: British army
National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma exhibition examines stories of soldiers from Britain’s coloniesThe forgotten story of African and Indian troops who fought in south Asia against Japanese forces during the second world war and who have largely been o…
Johnny Mercer tells UK inquiry of reports SAS had killed civilians between 2010 and 2013The UK’s minister for veterans, Johnny Mercer, has effectively admitted in front of a public inquiry that he believed members of the SAS had engaged in dozens of un…
Memo by military police chief said there was ‘no shortage of detractors’ in Whitehall of elite unit’s conductSenior figures in Downing Street were calling in 2016 for the SAS to have its “wings clipped” as it emerged that a growing number of suspected …
Public inquiry into alleged actions of SAS units to begin amid victims’ families pleas for truth to be uncoveredA public inquiry into allegations that 80 Afghans were summarily killed by members of three different British SAS units begins on Monday ami…
Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha, hopes to be first ever double above-the-knee amputee to scale mountainA former Gurkha who lost both of his legs serving with the British army in Afghanistan hopes to become the first double above-the-knee (DAK) ampute…
MoD concedes to longstanding demands for statutory inquiry into allegations dating back to 2010Ministers have announced a statutory judge-led inquiry into allegations of more than 50 summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan, a decision made afte…
The 42 hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by British militaryDozens of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who have been detained for over seven months in a military base on an overseas territory claime…
We know from Iraq that those with responsibility for 20 years of strategic disaster won’t actually be held responsibleOn the morning of 14 March 1757, one of the Royal Navy’s most senior serving admirals, John Byng, was marched on to the deck of the wa…
James Heappey, armed forces minister, says it is important to let veterans know their service was not in vainBritish veterans of the conflict in Afghanistan will be feeling vulnerable and questioning whether their service was worth it as they witness t…
Officers say soldiers encouraged to ‘share feelings and open up’ after trauma of Afghan evacuationBritish soldiers were “a matter of metres” from last week’s deadly bomb blast at Kabul airport – and are taking part in decompression therapy to help deal…
I lost my comrade Kevin in battle. His sacrifice must not have been in vainWas it worth it? That is what many of us who served in Afghanistan are quietly asking as we watch with bewilderment and horror at what is unfolding.Four hundred and fifty-seven …
I lost my comrade Kevin in battle. His sacrifice must not have been in vainWas it worth it? That is what many of us who served in Afghanistan are quietly asking as we watch with bewilderment and horror at what is unfolding.Four hundred and fifty-seven …
Sources say end to official role in two-decades long conflict imminent despite resurgent Taliban Britain is expected to bring the last of its regular troops home from Afghanistan over the weekend, ending its official role in a two-decades long conflict…
Exclusive: Costs of War study looked at losses suffered by Nato allies over 2001-17, finding UK lost 455 lives British and Canadian troops were more than twice as likely to get killed in Afghanistan as their US counterparts, according to a study that l…
Alleged evidence implicates UK troops in murder of children in Afghanistan and IraqThe UK government and the British army have been accused of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq.Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence impli…