Soldiers

Time to relax for some of the soldiers at their Christmas party in the Dykelands Road Drill Hall.

The soldiers-turned-firefighters in Sunderland at Christmastime

Remembrance Sunday at Southwick War Memorial.

Southwick set to honour fallen heroes on Remembrance Sunday

Watch as War Horse memorial gets purple poppy coat to remember fallen service animals

Watch as War Horse statue gets draped in beautiful purple poppy coat

Colin John Clark with photographs of his great-great uncles, Charles and William Rathbone.

'A wrong put right' says nephew of soldier missing from WWI memorial

A 2011 story of a Sunderland theatre ghost.

The Sunderland theatre with a ghost that loved to whistle

A Sunderland street with a big history.

A brief history of one of Sunderland's smallest streets

Stone carver and letter cutter David Edwick adding the extra names to the South Hylton War Memorial

Names of three lost WWI soldiers finally places on war memorial

They spent the war in Japanese camps and were finally back home in Sunderland as the end of 1945 approached.

War was over: But these Sunderland men didn't get home until Christmas

Mary Lamb left 'battered and bruised' after 'climbing' the Three Peaks

A landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6 1944, a scene that the film Saving Private Ryan re-created.

Watch: D-Day war film streaming for free for limited amount of time

Commander John Farrow with his son Malcolm.

Washington man's tribute to D-Day hero dad who bombed German positions

The woolly platoon is led by Monty himself. Picture by Lucy Thompson.

Pillar box's latest knitted creation marks D-Day

Sunderland raised an incredible amount of money to support the war effort.

Saluting the Sunderland people who raised £1.2m in time for D-Day

Maps and planning documents detailing top-secret plans were donated to House on the Hill museum.

Watch: Top secret D-Day documents from Normandy found in old car boot

William Roney, 14, after seeing the mural tribute to his father, Chris Roney, for the first time.

Son's pride as pub mural honours soldier dad killed in Afghanistan

Regine places a small bunch of flowers on the grave of Private Thomson.

The French village which always remembers our war heroes

They never forgot: French village to remember British war heroes

Chris Cordner

Thousands have evacuated their homes due to a wildfire in La Palma

Thousands evacuated from La Palma as wildfire blazes

Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) with Vladimir Putin

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Exiled Wagner Group leader breaks silence

A member of Wagner group stands guard in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don

Russia uprising: ‘Soon we will have new President’ says Wagner Group

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

‘Betrayal’ - Vladimir Putin reacts to Wagner Group rebellion in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago

Russian mercenary group plot to remove Vladimir Putin

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday, June 17

Met Office weather forecast for Trooping the Colour ceremony

King Charles in front of The Flying Scotsman at Pickering Station

King Charles making several major changes to Trooping the Colour

Members of the Royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Image: Simon James Smith

Trooping the Colour 2023: Buckingham Palace balcony line-up

King Charles has decided to ride in Trooping the Colour, the first time in 30 years (Pic:Getty)

How to watch Trooping the Colour 2023 - BBC announce full details

Trooping the Colour is a high-precision military parade (image: Getty Images)

Trooping the Colour 2023: Everything you need to know

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6.

King Charles makes major change to Trooping of the Colour ceremony

Trooping the Colour is set to take place on Saturday and King Charles has made a major change to the traditional ceremony.

Sam Johnson

Three soldiers fainted during the Colonel’s Review at Horse Guards Parade in London today

Prince William speaks out as soldiers faint during rehearsals

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say?

Prince Harry's memoir spare

Bloodsoaked copies of Prince Harry memoir Spare sell for huge sum

An early morning rehearsal of the coronation took place in London

Morning rehearsal of King Charles’ coronation takes place in London

D-Day veteran Joe Cattini has died aged 100

One of Britain’s last D-Day veterans Joe Cattini dies aged 100

28th October 1914: British soldiers lined up in a narrow trench during World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

World War One medals found in bin bag saved from incinerator

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visit a a military facility

Russia's chilling warning to 'London' after Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit

President Zelensky to visit the UK for the first time since Russian invasion - everything we know so far

President Zelensky to visit the UK - everything we know so far

Rescuers gather at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara after an airplane crashed with 72 people on board in Nepal

40 people dead as aircraft crash-lands near Nepal airport

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

A resin model of a sculpture illustrating the WW1 Christmas Truce football match is pictured during a photocall inside the remains of St Luke's Church in Liverpool

The Christmas Truce: how did it start and what happened?

Giffoine plot up for sale situated on the south west of the Channel Island of Guernsey overlooking Gannet Rock

Former Nazi encampment in Guernsey goes up for sale

The Queen lying in state in Westminster Hall.

Royal guard faints next to coffin during Queen’s lying-in-state period

How DLI soldiers helped liberate the horrific Bergen-Belsen concentration camp 76 years ago today. Soldier pictures courtesy of Durham Records Office.

How DLI soldiers helped liberate the horrific Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Captain Tom Moore poses with his medal after being made a Knight Bachelor during an investiture at Windsor Castle in July 2020. Picture: Chris Jackson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images.

Flypast for Captain Sir Tom Moore’s funeral

Jacqueline Emmerson and Michael Robinson of Emmersons Solicitors.

Top award for Sunderland law firm

Soldiers John Dixon and Bobby Robson (R) charity run for Veterans in Crisis founder Ger Fowler.

Soldiers finish 326-mile run in Sunderland to help Veterans in Crisis

How to explain World War Two to children - life for soldiers, and the Holocaust

Sunderland AFC pays tribute to veterans and members of the armed forces with special remembrance match.

Sunderland AFC pays tribute to veterans and military heroes with special remembr...

RSM Steve Fraser with the Mayor of Sunderland, Councillor Lynda Scanlan, RSM Craig Hilton and W02 David Newombe in the Mayor's Parlour

Sunderland's adopted regiment sends new leaders to visit city in celebration of ...

Soldiers at a previous Remembrance service at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland AFC supporters will remember the fallen this weekend

All the family together with Henry Edward Clark featured front, centre, seated.

Wearside soldier died just days after a postcard was sent to his family

Members of the Armed Forces joined players on the pitch as a moment's silence is held ahead of today's kick off.

Sunderland's Stadium of Light falls silent as respects are paid to military hero...

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