Archives: February 2021


Graham Dempsey in uniform
Ayrshire CFAV Awarded OBE
14.01.2021

When this year’s New Year Honours List was released, there was particular cause for celebration amongst the Cadet community in the Lowlands of Scotl...

Father Christmas Distributes Presents to Soldiers
Festive Forces Traditions
16.12.2020

For many members of the Armed Forces community, Christmas is not the cosy medley of friends, family and food that most of us look forward to. Each yea...

Soldiers sit on a tank
Reserve Recruitment Relocates To Online Realm
16.12.2020

Reserve Forces across the Lowlands of Scotland have been adapting to new ways of recruiting after the Covid-19 pandemic put a halt to face-to-face enq...

Exterior Shot of Drumchapel ACF Hall
Drumchapel’s Old Police Station Converted Into New ACF Facility
15.12.2020

 On the edge of Bearsden, one of Glasgow’s most affluent suburbs, you will find Drumchapel. Known locally as ‘The Drum’, the suburb sits to...

Wendy Faux
Army @ The Fringe
20.08.2020

When you say the word ‘Army’, what words come to mind? When you say the word ‘Soldier’, what image is conjured? We would be surprised, but del...

A member of the Worcestershire Yeomanry views an amusing roadsign beside an ancient standing stone at 'Stonehenge Camp' on the Imphal to Kohima road. The sign reads 'Worcester, 5100 miles & No Way Out' and 'Tokyo, 2,800 miles & Way Out', November 1944.
THOUGHTS ON VJ DAY
14.08.2020

The Nation is to observe two minutes’ silence at 1100 hours this Saturday, 15 August. It will be 75 years since Imperial Japan surrendered to the Al...

The Woman Behind the Uniform, VE Day 75.
05.05.2020

With VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) fast approaching, our thoughts turn to the brave men and women who fought and laboured to secure the freedoms we n...

New Research Finds Cadet Forces Beneficial to Mental Health and Disadvantaged Children
23.04.2020

Cadet Forces support mental wellbeing whilst improving community cohesion and benefiting disadvantaged children, according to a new independent report...

3000 Reservists Mobilised to Aid Public Services in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak
02.04.2020

Up to 3000 military Reservists have been mobilised by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to support public services as part of the COVID Support Force. At ...


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