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Ex Forces Action Network (EFAN)

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The next  Veterans Garage event, organised by the Ex Forces Action Network (EFAN) will be held on Wednesday 3 October 2018.

Location: Terminal Building, City Airport and Heliport, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7SA.

Please note: The event is held …

A Para in Palestine

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From the Tyne to the Jordan and back again – A Para in Palestine; Recollections from 1947-48.

Vincent Leonard – late Acting (unpaid) Sergeant 2Para

[Into one of the most complex, bitter and long-standing conflicts in history, involving religious, …

Korean War MIA/No Known Grave

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The “Glorious Glosters” feature heavily on the database of soldiers killed in Korea with no known grave. The Gloucestershire Regiment was already unique in history for being allowed to wear a cap badge on the front and rear of their

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DAKOTA FZ626 MEMORIAL

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Dakota FZ626 arrived at ‘V’ around 16.30 pm local time. FZ626 descended to 500 ft (150m) at a speed of 120 m/ph (190 km/h), to be able to safely drop its load. It got caught in the fire of the …

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS 2018

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The Airborne Forces Security Fund is to provide Christmas Hampers again this year and they are to be distributed to proven Ex-Airborne soldiers or their dependants, in need. They do not have to be members of the Parachute Regimental Association.

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D-Day, Dakota Veterans Appeal

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RHQ have received a request for assistance in the making of a new programme for Channel 4. Sarah Swift from North One Television, a production company in Birmingham that are producing a new programme for Channel 4 that will commemorate …