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Construction gets underway on flood defences in the North Street area to help protect York
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statement by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft of the UK Mission to the UN at the High-level Commemorative Event on the Srebrenica Genocide
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
On Remembrance Sunday 2019, HM Ambassador to Madagascar Phil Boyle attended a wreath-laying ceremony and spoke about the importance of remembering together the sacrifice of those who died for the freedoms we enjoy today.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Eight British servicemen awarded the Victoria Cross will be remembered by communities in ceremonies across the country.
The ceremony marked the gathering of soil from Belgium for a Flanders Fields memorial garden at the Guards Museum in London.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Prime Minister David Cameron spoke at a dinner to mark the 25th anniversary of the Holocaust Educational Trust.
Last month the nation stopped to say farewell to Her Majesty The Queen. We look back at the role of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP), who were among the many forces deployed to support Operation London Bridge during the...
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Remembrance Day marked in Tanzania.
Prime Minister Theresa May will attend Armistice commemorations in Belgium and France next week.
This month marks the centenary of the Battle of Arras, among the bloodiest battles of the First World War.
HMT Lancastria was sunk by enemy action on 17 June 1940, while engaged in the evacuation of British troops from France
The charity bike ride through Belgium raised £220,000
British WWII veterans, now in their 90s, commemorate fallen comrades on the Croatian island of Vis.
Servicemen and women around the world have joined the nation in marking two minutes’ silence at 11.00 on Armistice Day
Bravery of a local First World War hero honoured at Kensington.
British Embassy Athens remembers and honours the fallen.
The British Embassy Tokyo hosted this year’s formal Remembrance Day Service held at the Commonwealth War Cemetery, Hodogaya, Yokohama on Sunday 12th November 2017.
The story of WW1 Australian First World War Victoria Cross recipient Joseph Maxwell.
British Ambassador addressing a solemn memorial service of remembrance
Service personnel joined veterans at the Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire to commemorate 50 years since the start of Operation Banner.
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