Latest Announcements
Calling all men and women who danced in Wales during WW2.....more
MOD to commemorate UK Forces who served in Bosnia and Herzegovina.An official Commemorative Service to mark the withdrawal of UK Forces from Bosnia and Herzegovina will take place at the Armed Forces Memorial, Staffordshire, on Thursday 22 May 2008, and 1000 tickets are available to attend the event.......more

Veterans
Day 2008
Blackpool will host the National Veterans Day Event for 2008.
Bids for funding are now regularly being received and considered. All communities
are encouraged to apply for grants to promote Veterans Day 2008 but should
ensure that their bids will be received by the Ministry of Defence by 31 May.......more

HM
Armed Forces and UK Merchant Seafarers
Veterans Badges
All ex-Service personnel are entitled to apply for the HM Armed Forces Veterans
Badge. There is only one recognised variant of the HM Armed Forces Veterans
Badge, which is the UK Merchant Seafarers Veterans Badge.... ....more

Community
Veterans Mental Health Service
The Department of Health and the Ministry of Defence have launched the first
of a number of pilots designed to ensure that NHS health professionals have
appropriate support and available expertise they may need to treat veterans
with mental health problems.....more

Bevin
Boys Badge
The Badge can be issued to: Men who were conscripted directly into the mines,
those who opted formine work in preference to joining the Armed forces or
those who opted for mine work or those who were in the Armed Forces and volunteered
to become miners during the period 1943-1948....more




