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The British Army has declared the first regiment to transition to its latest Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter to be “ready for frontline” operations, the ...
During the First and Second World Wars, thousands of Sikh soldiers served in the British Army. Soldiers serving Sikh regiments have also won 10 Victoria Crosses.
First published in 1921, the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (JSAHR) is one of the premier journals of military history. It is published quarterly in March, June, September and ...
How British Army’s elite new Ranger regiment is preparing for Russian invasion with desert drills in high-tech warfare Anthony Blair Published: 15:20, 11 Nov 2022 Updated: 17:23, 11 Nov 2022 ...
C. T. Atkinson, FOREIGN REGIMENTS IN THE BRITISH ARMY, 1793-1802, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 22, No. 89 (Spring, 1944), pp. 187-197 ...
The oldest of the regiments, the Royal Irish Regiment, which had its barracks in Clonmel, had served the British army since 1684.
With the future of the British Army so high on the political agenda, a history of its three most senior regiments – together known as the Household Cavalry – is extremely timely.
The British Army is boosting its missile stockpiles amid Ukraine peace talks. The Ministry of Defence said that it had bought ...
The new target for the British Army is to have a fighting force of 73,000 personnel. The UK has eased recruiting restrictions recently, including allowing cancer survivors to serve.
[March 18, 1999, note: Now a dual U.S./British citizen.] In June 1944 at the time of D-Day, I was a captain in the Durham Light Infantry Regiment in the British Army.