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29 June 2024

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5 Nov 1853826980619186365

Edinburgh Poppy Day returned last week as the countdown began to Remembrance Sunday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Military bands played as scores of volunteers hit the streets to raise money for Armed Forces charity @poppyscotland.

Credit: Mark Owens

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31 Oct 1852083995405586920

Sailors, soldiers and aviators were on poppy-selling duties in London today. 🙌

The military poppy-sellers volunteer in their hundreds every year for @PoppyLegion's #London Poppy Day, as a way of honouring their predecessors.

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31 Oct 1851982000942383368

Legend says a fingerpost on #SalisburyPlain Training Area is haunted by a ghoulish spirit.

Drummer Boy’s Post, as it is known, was restored in 2015 through our Conservation Stewardship Fund, as part of our obligation to care for historic monuments on the Defence estate.

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29 Oct 1851248168903516400

Military personnel and veterans came together to open the Royal British Legion’s Field of Remembrance at #Cardiff Castle. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

In a tradition that is close to a century old, more than 30,000 markers will be planted across the UK to commemorate those who secured our freedoms. 🕊️

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28 Oct 1850810894831243732

Wishing a very #HappyBirthday to the @RoyalMarines. 🎂

Here’s to the next 360 years of protecting British interests, thwarting terrorists and drugs smugglers and running special operations to protect the UK and its allies. 🌍 🇬🇧

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26 Oct 1850197627679260905

Today we mark the 10th anniversary of the end of combat operations in Afghanistan. Minister Alistair Carns laid a wreath to honour the bravery and sacrifice of Armed Forces personnel.

Some 150,000 UK Armed Forces personnel served in Afghanistan, and 457 lost their lives.

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