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Busby badge, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, c1914
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The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

This regiment was formed in 1756 and was one of the first in the British Army to be equipped with rifles. In 1966, it merged with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to form The Royal Green Jackets.

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The Duchess of Cornwall among first to view Munnings masters last seen together 100 years ago
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The Duchess of Cornwall among first to view Munnings masters last seen together 100 years ago

The National Army Museum welcomed Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall this evening to view its latest exhibition, Alfred Munnings: War Artist, 1918.

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The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
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The Royal Dublin Fusiliers

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which recruited in the east of Ireland.

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British Army patrol in Helmand, Afghanistan, 2010
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Fit to fight: Women in the Army today

Women were finally allowed to undertake combat roles in 2016. But female soldiers had been serving in war zones around the world before that.

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Records of regiments disbanded after the Irish War of Independence go online
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Records of regiments disbanded after the Irish War of Independence go online

Records of nearly 12,000 soldiers from five Irish regiments disbanded after the Irish War of Independence in 1922 have been made available online.

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German propaganda leaflet, 1943
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder?

Separation from loved ones is among the hardest things a soldier has to deal with. Lengthy campaigns have kept husbands from their wives and parents from their children.

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Other ranks' cap badge, The Essex Regiment, c1914
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The Essex Regiment

Formed in 1881, this infantry unit served with the British Army until 1958, when it was merged into the 3rd East Anglian Regiment.

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Special Air Service collar badge, c1973
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Special Air Service

Created during the Second World War, the SAS operated behind enemy lines in North Africa and Europe. Today, its highly trained men are renowned for their skills in covert surveillance, close-combat fighting and hostage rescue.

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2nd Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles at Ahnai Tangi in Waziristan, 14 January 1920
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The North-West Frontier

Between 1849 and 1947, British and Indian soldiers undertook a series of punitive expeditions against the fiercely independent tribesmen of this wild and mountainous region.

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Valerie Erskine Howe, Auxiliary Territorial Service, on a motorbike, c1944
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Hidden voices: Valerie Erskine Howe

What would you do if your partner told you to get out there and 'learn about life' before they would marry you? Valerie Erskine Howe opted to join the Army... in the middle of a war. This is her story.

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Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Corps of Signals, c1970
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Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals is a combat support arm that provides vital communication and information systems for the British Army, wherever it operates in the world.

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Pole-vaulting at the 14th Punjab Regiment's Sports Day, 1937
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Sport and morale in the British Army

Sport has always been important for morale. It reinforces group identity and makes soldiers ready to serve a shared cause, even in the most difficult circumstances.

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