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- More than 100,000 Sikh soldiers fought for Britain in WW1 and today their courage marches on🪖 The 1914 Sikhs Ceremonial Troop make history at Wellington Barracks - the first of its kind🇬🇧 Read more⬇️🔗 brnw.ch/21wX4lg
00:00 - A quick-thinking young soldier conducting King's Life Guard duties at Horse Guards has been praised online and by a senior officer 💂♂️ It comes after his handling of an encounter with a young man with Down's syndrome 👏
- Princess Anne visited Cyprus this week, meeting service personnel and their families at Dhekelia Station. 🇨🇾 The Princess Royal also opened a new primary school which will serve about 300 military children. More on Princess Anne's visit to Cyprus here: fal.cn/3v5FQ
00:00 - Simply the best!! 🎼 Watch as the @WelshGuardsBand pay tribute to #TinaTurner with their version of ‘The Best’ during the #ChangingOfTheGuard 💂♂️ Get the latest military news 👉 fal.cn/3yz4E
00:00 - British soldiers killed 80 years ago during Operation Market Garden finally laid to rest They were buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery #Arnhem80 Read more 👉 brnw.ch/21wMSgT
00:00 - Take a look at this footage which appears to show the moment a police officer stepped in to shut down a group of tourists heckling a King’s Guard 📺 Watch here 👇
00:00 - The cenotaph draped in a large union flag. 🇬🇧 This is the first time the war memorial has been draped since its unveiling in 1920 by King George V. It will remain dressed for the duration of the 4 day commemorations as a mark of respect to the fallen. #veday80
- Today marks King Charles III's official birthday. 🎉 More than 1,400 soldiers will be on parade, plus 200 horses and 400 musicians. Here is everything you need to know about the ceremonial celebration👇
- What an incredibly poignant moment! A lone piper in a landing craft lands on Gold beach 80 years to the day after the Normandy landings started #DDay80
00:00 - "It's an absolute honour...a dream come true"🗣️🐎💂 It's just the third time in history, a non-UK unit takes over duties as The King's Life Guard. The duty was passed from the UK's Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment to the Canadian regiment, Lord Strathcona's Horse.
00:00 - Argentina's football players have been filmed singing an anti-English song at the #FIFAWorldCup. The team referenced the Falklands War as they celebrated reaching the final of the tournament.
00:00 - It is the largest movement of military personnel via the railway network since Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral in 1965. 5000 troops have arrived in London and marched over Westminster Bridge as they assemble ahead of the coronation. 🚂 More here 👉 forces.net/king-charles-i…
00:00 - A poignant ceremony has been held to mark the 10th anniversary of the UK’s first WW1 Sikh memorial. The memorial honours soldiers who lost their lives in the Great War.
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