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Thursday, 18 July 2024
The King's Speech announces the Armed Forces Commissioner who will be a strong, independent champion to improve life for UK service personnel and thei...
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
New Defence Secretary, John Healey, has set out Britain's commitment to the AUKUS partnership as an important driver of jobs and growth....
Monday, 15 July 2024
A review has been commissioned by the Prime Minister and will be overseen by the Defence Secretary, and headed by Lord Robertson....
Friday, 12 July 2024
The graves of six soldiers who fought and died during World War 1 have finally been marked with their names over 100 years after they died....
Friday, 12 July 2024
The final resting place of a Londonderry-born soldier who died in World War 1 has finally been found, and a headstone installed marking his grave....
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
The graves of Second Lieutenant (2ndLt) Joseph Bryson MC and 2ndLt William Cunningham have been identified side by side in a cemetery in Belgium more ...
Tuesday, 09 July 2024
Defence Secretary John Healey joined allies and partners in signing a document establishing a framework for the international capability coalition to ...
Monday, 08 July 2024
The grave of Company Quartermaster Serjeant (CQMS) John Doherty MM (Military Medal), who went missing in France on 22 March 1918, has been identified....
Sunday, 07 July 2024
The UK's new Defence Secretary has pledged to step up the UK's support for Ukraine on a visit to Odesa, less than 48 hours after his appointment....
Saturday, 06 July 2024
Defence Secretary John Healey addressed Armed Forces and civilian staff at the MOD following his appointment on Friday 5 July....
Thursday, 04 July 2024
HMS Trent will deploy to the Cayman Islands to offer support following damage caused by Hurricane Beryl...
Thursday, 04 July 2024
The graves of six soldiers from Welsh regiments, who went missing in France and Belgium during World War One, have now been marked more than a century...
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
The remains of 14 Commonwealth soldiers who fought in World War One, none of them identifiable by name, have been laid to rest in France. ...
Thursday, 13 June 2024
A number of military personnel have been granted state honours in the King’s Birthday Honours list for their work in the Armed Forces....
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Two soldiers, whose remains were found in a cave, have been laid to rest with full military honours more than a century after their deaths. ...
Monday, 03 June 2024
Dozens of veterans of the Normandy Landings gathered at Southwick House in Hampshire today as a week of events marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day b...
Sunday, 02 June 2024
The drones will be procured as part of the Drone Capability Coalition for Ukraine, co-led by the UK and Latvia...
Thursday, 30 May 2024
Royal Air Force participates in operation targeting Houthi military facilities in Yemen. ...
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
A young soldier who worked as a schoolteacher and played for Bolton Wanderers Football Club has finally been laid to rest in France along with two unk...
Sunday, 26 May 2024
The Type 45 destroyed sailed from Portsmouth today to relieve her sister ship, HMS Diamond...
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps gave a keynote speech at the London Defence Conference at Bush House, London on 22 May 2024....
Monday, 20 May 2024
30 children visited 10 Downing Street and HMS Belfast for the ultimate D-Day history lesson, transported on a Second World War-era red London bus. ...
Friday, 17 May 2024
General Dame Sharon Nesmith DCB ADC Gen is to be appointed as Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty in the rank of General....
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Thousands of Armed Forces personnel and members of the public will take part in events in Normandy and Portsmouth this June....
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
A new game-changing weapon that uses radio waves to disable enemy electronics and take down multiple drones at once is under development for the UK’s ...
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
In the 10 years since the Forces Help To Buy scheme launched, over 30,000 families have so far benefitted from government support, with more than £450...
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
A World War 1 soldier from Dundee who was identified in part through possible tartan fragments and a thistle brooch, has finally been laid to rest wit...
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
More than a century after his death, the grave of World War 1 soldier Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Edward Smith has finally been marked....
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbui...
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
The UK’s steadfast commitment to Indo-Pacific security and prosperity was underlined as Defence Minister The Earl of Minto visited Malaysia and Thaila...
Scotland Office Scottish Secretary Trade & Defence Mission to the Indo-Pacific
Ministry of Defence UK Carrier Strike Group to deploy to North Atlantic to keep UK safe
Ministry of Defence Enemy weapons detector in the hands of soldiers five years early
Department for Education New employer grant to boost quality in early years education