Soldiers

King Charles III speaks to a member of Royal Company of Archers, The King's Bodyguard Scotland, at the Ceremony of the Keys in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

King Charles accepts keys to Edinburgh to open Royal Week

Dunlichity Church, Strathnairn. Jacobite soldiers stopped here to sharpen their swords before Culloden - and Bonnie Prince Charlie passed here as he made his escape. The church is now to be turned into a heritage centre by Strathnairn Heritage Association to protect and share the stories of the area's rich history.

'My family history after Culloden sent a shiver up our backs'

Funeral of 100 soldiers from the 7th Battalion (Leith) Royal Scots who died in the Gretna Green rail disaster on May 22 1915. A new exhibition on the tragedy and the men who lost their lives has opened at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Dalmeny Street, where the battalion was based. PIC: Royal Scots Regimental Museum

Leith's 'darkest dawn' remembered 110 years on

Some soldiers can develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder years after their have finished their service.

Three soldiers injured in 'shooting incident' during training exercise

The 'extraordinary' Rae brothers from Broughty Ferry, who were all awarded the Military Cross for exemplary gallantry during World War Two. Pictured left to right are Douglas, Ian, Bruce and Stanley. PICS: The Rae Family.

VE Day: The four brothers from a Scottish city hailed for bravery

Inside a Nissen hut at Cultybraggan POW camp, which housed around 4,000 men during World War Two. Among them were Nazi hardliners, with Cultybraggan one of only two 'black list' camps. This picture was taken in 1953 and shows US soldiers stationed there on training exercises.

VE Day: Silence among Nazi hardliners at Scotland's POW camp

Undated handout photo of Astrid Larsen's son Andreas Moe Larsen and her father Leif Andreas Larsen

Daughter of 'Shetland bus' sailor to embark on trip to Scotland

Leif Larsen - known as "Shetlands Larsen" - the most famous Norweigian sailor who operated the Shetland Bus escape route during the war - is pictured here (left) with comrades Severin Roald and Mickey Fiveldal, who helped to run soliders, spies and supplies between Scotland and Nazi-occupied Norway during World War Two. Their lifesaving voyages across the North Sea are due to be recreated as part of the 80th anniversary of VE Day next month. PIC: Sunnmøre museum.

VE Day: Flotilla to cross North Sea in honour of 'Shetland Bus' heroes

The arrest of Jason Savage. Chilling footage shows a Muslim convert who dubbed himself 'Lone Wolf' carrying out reconnaissance trips as he plotted terror attacks in Birmingham.

Muslim extremist convert plotted terror attacks in chilling video

Montrose in Angus became a key logisitical centre for the Jacobites during the 1745 Rising led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, with the harbour receiving ships loaded with fighters and supplies from France. PIC: Getty.

The 'most rebellious' Scottish town central to the Jacobite cause

Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

Oscar-winning director beaten up and detained in West Bank

Royal Marines take part in raid during Exercise Joint Warrior on April 27, 2018 in Dalbeattie,Scotland. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

How Scottish soldiers can now swap the armed forces for accountancy

Chrissie O’Neil was presented with the medal by Bishop Brian McGee, the Bishop of the Diocese of Argyll, and the Isles

Woman 'overwhelmed' after being awarded medal from Pope Francis

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has called on the UK and Europe to do more as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine.

MPs demand details after Starmer suggests sending troops to Ukraine

King Charles III during a visit to the Gordon Highlanders Museum, in Aberdeen, to view recent renovations. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

'Long time no see': King Charles III meets Scottish D-Day veteran

British soldiers with with German Saxon regimental troops at Ploegsteert Wood in Belgium during the Christmas Truce of World War One, December 1914. Private John Saunders, of Perth, who served with the 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment, is believed to have been stationed here at the time he “fraternised with Germans” that Christmas.(Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

The Scots soldier and the much-fabled Christmas Day Truce

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

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

Why I fully support a ban on 'distasteful' Tattoo fly pasts Jane Bradley

Siegfried Sassoon in military uniform, London, 1915. PIC: George C. Beresford/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Book review: Soldiers Don’t Go Mad, by Charles Glass

A man walks past destroyed homes in the mountain village of Moulay Brahim in the central province of al-Haouz. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

‘I thought I was going to die’: Scottish woman caught up in Moroccan earthquake

Javaad Alipoor in Things Hidden Since The End Of The World (PIC Chris Payne)

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13 pictures of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo from the 1950s and 1960s

This image from ORTN - Télé Sahel shows Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane, spokesperson for the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, speaking during a televised statement. Soldiers claimed to have overthrown the government of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum in a statement read out on national television, after a day in which the leader was detained in his official residence.

Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV

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

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

Glencoe Folk Museum is being restored and expanded in an £1.3million upgrade. PIC: Contributed.

Massacre of Glencoe anniversary: 'Immersive experience' to tell horrors of massa...
The horrors of the Glencoe Massacre will be told in a new "immersive experience" to be created as part of a £1.3 million museum upgrade.

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

Honour guards carry the urn containing the ashes of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe from the altar at the end of his state funeral in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. FRANCK ROBICHON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Japan’s former leader Shinzo Abe honoured at divisive state funeral

The Queen lying in state in Westminster Hall.

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

Russian soldiers stand guard at the Luhansk power plant in the town of Shchastya. This picture was taken during a trip organised by the Russian military. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Rights group verifies incidents of Russian soldiers firing on civilian vehicles

"Concerning hobbits. That’s what it was about when the King family went on a snowy trek to see the new Lord of the Rings film for Christmas, one year after another."

Fellowship of the Ring reminder of merrier world this Christmas - Joshua King

Breakfast is always a treat and an occasion in itself, writes Stephen Jardine. PIC: CC.

Please don't ruin breakfast by bringing a McMuffin to my door - Stephen Jardine

Soldiers have already been deployed to drive ambulances in Scotland. Picture date: Friday September 24, 2021.

Scottish Government requests military support for two Scottish health boards

Soldiers are now assisting the Scottish ambulance service

Soldiers will help Scottish Ambulance Service for ‘long run’ if needed

Pauline Howie said that the pressure on the ambulance service is worse now than at any other time during the pandemic.

Military to drive ambulances as pressure on service hits 'unprecedented' level

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