Brian Pennicott: in the Falklands campaign, Pennicott was responsible for the co-ordination of air defence, naval gunfire and fighter ground-attack aircraft Major General Brian Pennicott, who has died ...
Soon after the old Queen’s Birthday in 1916, a convoy left Bermuda including one ship with over two hundred black Bermudians and their white officers, Bermudians to boot. On 9 June, the English coast ...
Lance Bombardier Leonard Sharp. 10th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, British 2nd Division, 14th Army. Len standing second from the left. My grandfather Len worked as a farm labourer in the Furness ...
Prince Harry has been given an "amazing" poppy made out of a First World War German artillery shell emblazoned with his name and military number. The 32-year-old former soldier was on an official ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Harold Martin aged 18 years (year 1936) Army No. 860567 Harold Martin Army No. 860567 Royal Regiment of Artillery. A brief history My Father joined the army in November 1936 aged 18 and was enlisted ...