Bradford Telegraph and Argus | Ex-Service Notes

Fliers in training for Olympics

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:08:27 +0000

Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft were in operation over the skies of Yorkshire last week as part of the continuing training exercises in preparation for this year’s Olympic Games.

Marines to help protect Olympics

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:17:56 +0000

Royal Marines joined police on the Thames in London last week for a week-long security exercise in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. They joined the Metropolitan Police’s Marine Policing Unit for a series of training exercises which involved more than a dozen craft on the water, plus helicopters.

HMS Daring on maiden deployment

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:25:22 +0000

The first Type 45 destroyer, HMS Daring, set sail on January 11, on her maiden deployment. The Portsmouth-based warship will spend the next seven months east of Suez, safeguarding sea lanes and working with the UK’s allies in the region.

Medal row is set to hot up

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:05:51 +0100

I have been asked to run the following letter on behalf of the campaign for a National Defence Medal: The Defence Secretary Liam Fox has turned the big guns of the Ministry of Defence on Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and blown him out of the water.

Royal British Legion holds Centenary Square do for Armed Forces Week

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:30:55 +0100

On Monday, June 20, at 11.00 hours there will be a flag raising ceremony, presided over by The Reverend, Councillor Paul Flowers, Chaplain to the Royal British Legion in Centenary Square, Bradford to start the celebrations of Armed Forces Week.

Daring move by the Navy

Tue, 17 May 2011 07:33:51 +0100

The latest of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 air defence destroyers was formally commissioned into the fleet last week.

Troops in touch with wedding

Tue, 10 May 2011 08:28:48 +0100

Parties were thrown by British troops serving in Afghanistan over the bank holiday weekend to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge).

Heroes of St Nazaire honoured

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:22:11 +0100

Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Campbeltown has marked the 69th anniversary of a World War Two battle.

C-17 makes debut

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:09:17 +0100

The RAF’s newest C-17 (Globemaster III) aircraft has completed its first operational mission to Afghanistan, delivering essential supplies to the front line.

Village has been turned around

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:09:25 +0000

A village previously seen as a failure in the eyes of the people of Helmand has been retaken, regenerated and repopulated in an ongoing operation led by British troops, supported by 80 bomb disposal specialists.