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Other ranks' cap badge, The Essex Regiment, c1914
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Formed in 1881, this infantry unit served with the British Army until 1958, when it was merged into the 3rd East Anglian Regiment.
Records of regiments disbanded after the Irish War of Independence go online
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Records of nearly 12,000 soldiers from five Irish regiments disbanded after the Irish War of Independence in 1922 have been made available online.
German propaganda leaflet, 1943
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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.
Valerie Erskine Howe, Auxiliary Territorial Service, on a motorbike, c1944
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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.
British Army patrol in Helmand, Afghanistan, 2010
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Women were finally allowed to undertake combat roles in 2016. But female soldiers had been serving in war zones around the world before that.
Operation Science: Body Armour
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Go behind the scenes at the National Army Museum to discover more about an unusual item in our collection.
2nd Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles at Ahnai Tangi in Waziristan, 14 January 1920
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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.
Special Air Service collar badge, c1973
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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.
Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Corps of Signals, c1970
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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.
Pole-vaulting at the 14th Punjab Regiment's Sports Day, 1937
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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.
Cap badge, 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers, c1900
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This cavalry regiment was raised in 1759. It served in many British Army campaigns around the world until 1922, when it was merged into the 16th/5th Lancers.
Cap badge, 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers, c1900
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Interviewed in 1995, Mary Coomer recalls her time serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service from 1938 to 1945.