Soldiers

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)

Fringe theatre reviews: Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World + more

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...

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

Rosie Kay PIC: Brian Slater

Dance review: Rosie Kay, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
For this solo performance at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, Rosie Kay had the stage presence of a 40-strong corps de ballet, writes Kelly Apter

The Battle of Culloden as depicted by Swiss painter David Morier, who was paid a pension by the Duke of Cumberland, the commander of the British Army at the battle. PIC: Creative Commons.

The Jacobites: 'Don't let romanticism obscure the threat they posed'

A soldier from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards wearing a face mask during Exercise Solway Eagle

Socially-distanced Scots soldiers training in coronavirus bubbles

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

Erskine have reported suspected COVID-19 deaths across three out of four of their care homes

Erskine charity for veterans reports 24 deaths in care homes

Erskine have reported suspected COVID-19 deaths across three out of four of their care homes

Erskine charity for veterans reports 24 deaths in care homes

The army at the SEC today. Picture: John Devlin

Army in place amid plans for Scottish field hospital

The seven ex-servicemen taking part in the Caddie School for Soldiers in Fife with their tutors.

Second Caddie School for Soldiers under way in Fife

A depiction of the Battle of Killiecrankie of 1689. A public inquiry is now underway to determine if the A9 can be dualled over the site of the Jacobite victory. PIC: Shutterstock.

Jacobite society warns of 'irreparable damage' to historic battlefield amid A9 u...

This year's John Lewis advert. Picture: Contributed

What is the best Christmas ad of all time? We asked the experts

Terror struck the streets of London on December 5 1745 as word of the Jacobite capture of Derby, just 127 miles away, reached the capital. PIC: Creative Commons.

On this day 1745: Panic on the streets of London as Jacobites edge closer

The Isle of Bute Branch of the Royal British Legion held a short service of Remembrance to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Photo by Iain Cochrane.

D-Day remembrance service held on Bute 75 years on

The Prime Minister has announced further compensation payments for Armed Forces stationed in Scotland.

Soldiers in Scotland to get compensation for tax rises

People facing difficult life changes can find new ways of defining themselves in the world through poetry

Siobhan Campbell: Veterans have poetic licence to reveal their deepest feelings

The Minke whale on the back of a lorry travels through Inverness on its way to a lab in the city for an autopsy. Picture: SWNS

Soldiers help transport 21ft whale body to lab in Inverness

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries