For many veterans, their local Royal British legion club is the glue that binds old friends of the battlefield, but over the last few years, more and more legion clubs have been closing. The Royal British Legion opened its first club in 1921 and now has approximately 360,000 branches nationwide. The charities main focus is to [...]
Derelict. Shabby. Eerie. Three thoughts that popped into my head when I paid a visit to two Royal British Legion clubs in my area. The first club in Upper Edmonton, a house. A small partition separated the front door from the door that led into the actual house, making it impossible for anyone to hear [...]
WHERE ARE ALL OUR WOMEN VETERANS? After only being able to interview 15 women out of a total of 146 veterans, charity group Legasee probably asked themselves the same question. The video archive group has been conserving the military experiences of veterans by filming their stories since January 2012. But finding willing women veterans have proven to [...]
Sully Rehman is the the first British-born Pashtun to have served in the British Army. Pashtun people, also known as ethnic Afghans or Pathans, are an ethnic group belonging to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sully served in the 16 Air Assault Brigade and fought in the Iraq war. Sully’s parents originally came to the UK from [...]
Soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan have a higher chance of getting PTSD, a Ministry of Defence report shows. Just over 90% of new PTSD cases among UK troops were personnel who had been stationed in either conflicts, according to statistics by the Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA). The statistics show [...]
More young veterans are being treated for PTSD than ever before, said a report from BBC Newsbeat. If you’re a young forces retiree, or even if you’re not, these fun activities might be able to silence the pesky pain of PTSD, and you could even get your loved ones involved. [View the story "Got [...]
For many veterans, their local Royal British legion club is the glue that binds old friends of the battlefield, but over the last few years, more and more legion clubs have been closing. The Royal British Legion opened its first club in 1921 and now has approximately 360,000 branches nationwide. The charities main focus is to [...]
Derelict. Shabby. Eerie. Three thoughts that popped into my head when I paid a visit to two Royal British Legion clubs in my area. The first club in Upper Edmonton, a house. A small partition separated the front door from the door that led into the actual house, making it impossible for anyone to hear [...]
WHERE ARE ALL OUR WOMEN VETERANS? After only being able to interview 15 women out of a total of 146 veterans, charity group Legasee probably asked themselves the same question. The video archive group has been conserving the military experiences of veterans by filming their stories since January 2012. But finding willing women veterans have proven to [...]
Ministry of Defence statistics show that in 2013, Christianity remains the dominant religion in the British Armed Forces. As reported in my last post, Islam remains to this day the minority religion. The spread of religion in the British Forces | Infographics The latest Ministry of Defence statistics show that of the 650 Muslims serving [...]
There are up to 3,000 Homeless veterans living in London. The Department of Communities and Local Government accounted for 35, 920 homeless people in London in 2013. The Royal British Legion released a statement which points out that up to 3,000 of London’s homeless population are ex-service personnel. (LBC’s draw my attention to this fact [...]
Sully Rehman is the the first British-born Pashtun to have served in the British Army. Pashtun people, also known as ethnic Afghans or Pathans, are an ethnic group belonging to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sully served in the 16 Air Assault Brigade and fought in the Iraq war. Sully’s parents originally came to the UK from [...]
