The British Army

British Army commander speaks of 'monstrous' killing of five soldiers

Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | yesterday

British Army commander Lieutenant Colonel Roly Walker has spoken of the "monstrous" and "treacherous" act carried out by a rogue Afghan policemen who killed five of his men. Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent in Nad-e'Ali, Helmand The commanding officer of the 1st battalion Grenadier Guards, said that the dead soldiers would never be forgotten. But the colonel said that it was...

The complete British Army WWI Service Records‏

Family Research (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

From A-Z – the complete works The complete British Army WWI Service Records are only available online with us. We have some great news for those people looking for family members who fought in the Great War. We have finished indexing all the surviving British Army WWI Service Records. Previously records were only available online up to [...]

The best way of supporting the young men and women who are currently serving in Afghanistan, is to demand the government brings them home.

Organized Rage (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Those who have touted the ‘red poppy’ over the last month, have more than had their day this year. Due to the UK's military involvement in the war on Afghanistan, the lead in to remembrance day started way back in the first week of October. The main UK media outlets in the run up to yesterdays Remembrance Day, have mounted what can only be described as a full blown advertising campaign...

Saving Face - Whatever the Cost

Independence Cymru (Free subscription) | yesterday

Both the Labour government and the British Army are determined to continue the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. In yesterday's news in an interview with a British army commander it was stated that the army is accustomed to winning, not losing, battles and will see it through whatever the cost in lives and equipment. Gordon Brown, despite his comments on Afghan government corruption, has given...

UK in Afghanistan for 'four or five years'

Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

British forces will not be able to hand over security in Afghanistan to the country's army for 'another four or five years', the head of the UK's armed forces, Sir Jock Stirrup, said

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UK polls show waning support for US Afghan war – The Irish Times – Mon, Nov 09, 2009

Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

LONDON – Britons are not convinced the war in Afghanistan can be won, Britain’s chief of defence staff said yesterday, as two new polls showed support for the war was dwindling. “People remain to be convinced about whether or not this is doable,” Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup told the BBC. His comments came as the [...]

Remembering

Our New Life in the Country (Free subscription) | yesterday

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age will not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. # I look with pride at my men, Alan, my husband, who spent 24 years serving in the Royal Navy and Simon, my eldest son, who spent 4 years serving in the Royal Logistics corps of the British Army. Both lived through conflicts and...

Remembrance

Jess The Dog (Free subscription) | yesterday

I attended a remembrance ceremony and church service today. The minister read out the names of some of the fallen from past wars, and the five killed in one abhorrent incident last week. Add to that list the two who died over the weekend, the heroic S/Sgt Olaf Schmidt and those others who have fallen over past weeks and it is a sombre time for reflection and remembrance. Rest in Peace. I found myself...

Defence chiefs voice anger at 'mixed messages' on Afghanistan

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Senior commanders say public not convinced British troops can succeed and that purpose of mission remains unclear Growing frustration among Britain's most senior military commanders over the government's handling of the war in Afghanistan burst into the open today as they stepped up plans to restrict the number of areas in which British troops will be deployed. As another British soldier was killed...

Sir Jock stirs it up over Afghan mission

A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | yesterday

Only this last week, the hapless Gordon Brown was telling us all about that nasty Alky Ada he keeps on about. Well, today Sir Jock Stirrup rode into town to appear on the Andrew Marr Show . He said, amongst other things, this - "It is true that al-Queda are not operating in Afghanistan at the moment. It is also true that over the last couple of years in particular the al-Queda core has suffered...

Military addendum

WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Free subscription) | yesterday

My initial impression of the area that lies north-west of the distinctively shaped Kwun Yam Shan (Goddess of Mercy Mountain) was that it looked pretty idyllic as well as plain pretty... But it turns out that just round the bend is the largest military base in Hong Kong! It's pure coincidence, I swear! That is, that just one day after I wrote about how one hardly notices the military presence in Hong...

Lest We Forget...

Stamping Ground (Free subscription) | yesterday

I'm an Army brat. I wonder if that can still be applied to me at this tender age of forty-something. The brat part possibly. My fine, upstanding father served in the British Army for well over 20 years. This morning of all mornings my teeny genetic connection to the Army is thrown into high relief and I join everyone else on Remembrance Sunday to do just that - remember and honour. It's not just my...

Remembrance Sunday and The Afghanistan/Iraq Conflicts

Thoughts Allowed! (Free subscription) | yesterday

Today is the day we remember all those who have died in conflict fighting to preserve our freedom. Since my earliest childhood memory of men and women standing around the Cenotaph in warm black coats, silently laying wreaths of bright red poppies, it has been about those who fought in WW1 and WW2 . Now, though, it must include those who have, sadly, been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. For me, that...

• Remembrance Sunday and The Afghanistan/Iraq Conflicts - Just A Thought!

The Pointlessness Of Today.

Oldrightie (Free subscription) | yesterday

Lest We Forget? We have! As Jimmy Declines To Bow To The Fallen. Benn Senior is quoted as saying, today, in The Sunday Times, "As I get older I begin to see causes not dogma, unite people". Better late than never. However we are lectured by that sycophant world champion, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, on how "The spin machine is failing to convince The Public we are making our...

We Must Invade Leeds

OberonHouston (Free subscription) | yesterday

On the day we remember the fallen in conflict from our armed services, the focus is closely directed to the Afghan War and our objectives there. I have long argued that we should not pull out of the country, but abandon the objective of westernising a country that is tribal and incapable of being 'normalised' and maintain a single operations base from which we can launch air operations against Al Quaeda...