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A DUP motion calling for Belfast City Council to sign up to a covenant designed to ending "disadvantages" for ex-British ...
The Armed Forces Covenant saga at Belfast City Council was thought to have come to an end in February, after months of ...
Nationalists have blocked Belfast Council moves to help veterans by a single vote again – and this time, it looks like the ...
Four British army veterans facing prosecution over shootings in Belfast more than 50 years ago may mount legal bids to halt the cases against them, a court heard on Wednesday. One of the accused ...
A new publication gives insights into the scope of intelligence gathering by both Irish and British authorities in Northern ...
Patrick Crawford died after being struck by a bullet as he walked through the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast in 1975 (Family handout/PA) An unidentified British Army soldier was ...
The UK’s announcement of a £1.6bn contract going to Belfast for 5,000 lightweight multirole ... creating a Euro army from scratch without Nato’s leadership capability would be an enormous ...
The plan will see a museum open in Belfast’s Bedford Street in 2027 ... It is estimated that around 40% of the British army in the 19th century comprised soldiers from across the island of ...
On the 3rd of July 1970, a Friday, the British Army seals off the lower Falls area of west Belfast. A ‘curfew’ is announced, although without a legal basis. Troops go in, searching from house ...
The Belfast galleries are set to open in the ... at the "human experiences behind the often facelessness of the British Army". "What did the soldiers sign up for, why did they sign up, what ...
The Home Guard scheme is expected to be announced in the Government's Strategic Defence Review (SDR), which is set to be ...
joined the British Army at an early age, serving with distinction in India, Kenya and South Africa. In 1913, he commanded a regiment of Ulster Volunteers in Belfast, loyalist militiamen fiercely ...