Glos 75th Virtual VE Day

13/07/2022

With respect to the 55,573 Bomber Command crew who lost their lives in the Second World War.
Bomber Command Memorial.
Lest we forget.🌺
Photo Sara Cox.

14/06/2022

Men from 7 Seaforth Highlanders (15 Scottish Infantry Division) led by their piper in 1944.
Lest we forget 🌺

27/03/2022

14/03/2022

Sikh troops of the British India Army on the outskirts of Cassino, Italy, 1944.

25/02/2022

Remembering our allies in the French Resistance.
Marie Hackin was an archaeologist and fighter for the French Resistance. Marie enlisted in the Free French Forces on December 26, 1940, with the rank of second lieutenant. She took part in the organisation of the Female Corps of Free France. Marie organised the female sector of the Free France and was one of the six women recognised with the Companion of the Liberation for her heroism.
Accompanying her husband, in charge of the Department of External Affairs, on a long mission to India, she embarked on February 20, 1941. The freighter carrying them, the Jonathan Holt, was torpedoed by the Germans on February 24, 1941. Marie died aged 35-years-old.
Lest we forget 🇫🇷🌺🇬🇧

24/02/2022

British Troops Remembered

13/02/2022

Men of the 3rd Gurkha Rifles Regiment (10th Indian Infantry Division) with kukris (the famous Gurkha knives) drawn for inspection by Subedar-Major Shiripasad.

All being veterans of the North African and Italian Campaigns, these men were flown from Italy to take part in a London parade of Commonwealth soldiers.

Colour by Jake: Colourised PIECE of JAKE

30/01/2022

27/11/2021

The Veterans & Families Research Hub is built to serve the needs of the broadest range of users, including academics and researchers, policy makers, statutory and voluntary service providers, the...

25/11/2021

The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly.