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A WW1 journey to Ypres – Part 3
Sapper George Ellis was born in Middlesex in 1896. He was 19 years old when he was sent to fight in the trenches of Northern France; first in 1915 and a second time in 1917. He married Kate Maud on...
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Army Medics in Armenia – Part 2
6 RIFLES Medics are deployed to Armenia on a Defence Engagement task, working alongside the Kansas National Guard in order to deliver medical training to the Armenian Fire Service. Private (Pte)...
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I’m sitting here in my clean and bare room in Victory Building at Sandhurst. Most things have been packed up now and put in the car and the only things of note that remain are my shiny boots and...
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Op TRENTON – Helping out in South Sudan
British troops are currently supporting the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), including the construction of a temporary field hospital in Bentiu. The UNMISS role in South Sudan is to protect...
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A WW1 journey to Ypres – Part 4
Sapper George Ellis was born in Middlesex in 1896. He was 19 years old when he was sent to fight in the trenches of Northern France; first in 1915 and a second time in 1917. He married Kate Maud on...
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Army Medics in Armenia – Part 3
6 RIFLES Medics are deployed to Armenia on a Defence Engagement task, working alongside the Kansas National Guard in order to deliver medical training to the Armenian Fire Service. Private (Pte)...
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Reservist training – Signaller Paul Hutchinson
Paul Hutchinson is an ex-Regular, now a Reservist with 32 Signals Regiment, a Royal Signals Reserve unit based in Glasgow. As a Reservist, Paul is currently undertaking his basic training – Phase One...
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A week on Exercise Pacific Longbow
A blog from Royal Signals troop commander, Alan Spaven Over the next year 180 soldiers will be embarking on an epic voyage in a test of endurance and stamina as Her Majesty’s Sail Training Craft...
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Reservist Officer – Annual Camp Training
Second Lieutenant Toby Fenton-O’Creevy is a Platoon Commander in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) Reserves on the ‘Lead First’ FTRS (Full Time Reserve Service) contract. He has just...
View ArticlePacific Longbow – Step by step
Over the next year 180 soldiers will be embarking on an epic voyage in a test of endurance and stamina as Her Majesty’s Sail Training Craft ‘Discoverer’ casts off from the Joint Services Adventurous...
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