Veterans

Armed Forces personnel and veterans can receive a free hot breakfast at Tesco this Sunday

Tesco thanks Armed Forces with free breakfasts

Susie Hamilton

New report explores financial concerns for veterans in Scotland

John Grant Gordon, a 95-year-old veteran from Montrose

Montrose veteran hails Sight Scotland Veterans’ Centre Without Walls event

David Dent was a a specialist in intensive care and military trauma

Army veteran appeals for volunteers to help servicemen and women

In Pictures: VE Day 80

The event will feature a display of WW2 era vehicles provided by Ted Riley Classics.

Bremners of Foggie to host a VE exhibition in their ‘VE - Vintage Emporium’ to c...

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VE Day 80: Remembering Linlithgow's Munitionettes – The unsung heroes of victory

The Red Arrows thunder over Buckingham Palace

VE Day commemoration in pictures: From the Red Arrows to the royals

Veterans from Erskine travelled to the Perthshire resort in a supercar convoy on Saturday

Classic car cohort returns to Crieff Hydro for veterans charity event

Oleg Dmitriev of Sunflower Scotland, with Oleksander Andriienko, who won a silver medal at the Invictus Games.

Ukrainian war veteran claims win after Scottish donation

(Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Leading energy company expands military veteran recruitment - apply

Leonardo provides technology for the Typhoons used every day by the RAF from their Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) air bases, including RAF Lossiemouth in Moray in the North East of Scotland and RAF High Wycombe and RAF Coningsby in England.

Leonardo hires veterans for engineering roles to bolster national security

John Bolloten, documentary photographer at his Blood Brothers exhibition

I photograph brutal bare-knuckle fights. I'm often sprayed with blood

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

Jimmy Martin from Still Game

'Wonderful' Still Game actor dies aged 93

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Piping marathon for 80 days in lead up to 80th anniversary of VE Day

Veterans can have their independence and continue living comfortably in their own homes

Ad Feature UK veterans can claim 'discount' for more affordable mobility care

The experiences of war veterans can have a long-term, traumatising effect (Picture: Matt Cardy)

We need to understand why war veterans commit crimes Karyn McCluskey

(Photo: Will Ireland/PinPep/SWNS)

UK airline targets veterans in new recruitment drive for crew roles

Sky's the Limit: easyJet collaborates with Andy McNab for the launch of weServed, a platform providing a clear pathway for veterans seeking new opportunities.

easyJet launches recruitment drive for veterans

Belgian archaeologist Dominique Bosquet working on a human skeleton found in 2022 at the site of the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. Picture: Chris van Houts/Waterloo Uncovered/PA Wire

The Scottish link to 'rare' Battle of Waterloo skeleton finds

The Royal Airforce Red Arrows fly past over St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. Picture: Scott Heppell - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo flypast times and route map

Mikey Allen at his 'therapy' castle in the Sirhowy Valley, South Wales.

Ex-soldier pledges to rebuild mountain 'therapy' castle

Aberdeenshire Provost Judy Whyte receives a framed certificate from VHS chairman, Group Captain Bob Kemp, in recognition of the council's support. Image: Veterans Housing Scotland

Veterans Housing Scotland appeals for help to hit target

Great British Bake Off 2023 to undergo huge format change

Chris “Cam” Cameron is to attempt to live on Rockall for 60 days.

Veteran who hoped to break record for living on Rockall rescued

Veterans can get half price meals at Morrisons for one day only

Morrisons launch half price cafe deal for one day only

D-Day veteran Joe Cattini has died aged 100

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

A £950,000 investment from the Scottish Government will help improve the health and wellbeing of older veterans in Scotland over the next three years.

Funding boost of £950,000 to support older veterans in Scotland

Poppies are projected onto the Falkirk Wheel as Scottish Canals and Poppy Scotland pay tribute on Armistice Day.

When is Remembrance Day 2022 and why do we wear poppies? Date of Armistice Day

The Storm Arwen review set out 15 recommendations for the Scottish Government and its partners.

New processes in place one year on from Storm Arwen

Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh Robert Aldridge (left) joins Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans Keith Brown MSP (right) and senior military personnel, as well as Falklands veterans and members of the wider armed forces community, to remember the 40th anniversary of the end of the conflict, during a parade and service of remembrance in Edinburgh. Picture date: Saturday June 18, 2022.

Edinburgh celebrates Armed Forces Day with city centre parade

US World War II veterans in Sainte-Mere-Eglise for the commemorations

Second World War veterans honoured on eve of D-Day anniversary

Katarina Horrox, Clinical Manager, Venture Trust.

Outdoor therapy helping young people and veterans to reconnect - Katarina Horrox...

Keith Brown was just 19 when he sailed to the South Atlantic with the Royal Marines.

Veterans organisations in Scotland to share more than £2 million of fresh funds

A previous service at the Scottish Korean War Memorial

Changing of the guard at the Korean War Memorial in West Lothian

Submariner Fred Bown, one of only eight survivors from the sinking of the K-17 during the Battle of May Island in January 1918. His testimony of the night, combined with new analysis of the submarine wrecks in the Firth of Forth, has led to fresh understanding of the naval disaster. PIC: Fred Bown archive.

Lost piece of submarine sheds new light on Battle of May disaster

Kevin Muldoon, from Glasgow, while serving with the Royal Corps of Transport during the 1991 Gulf war.

Gulf War veterans urge others to seek help, 30 years after conflict ended

Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100-year-old British Army veteran.

Scottish veterans more likely to lose a limb from diabetes than combat, study fi...

The vast JD Wetherspoon pub portfolio includes the Caley Picture House in Edinburgh.

Wetherspoons blasts Sturgeon's tiered system as 'extremely onerous'

Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised millions for the NHS, was the first to receive a railcard

Veterans Railcard: eligibility and how to apply for military discount pass

The Red Arrows flew on to Prestwick. Pic: John Devlin

Red Arrows flypast over Edinburgh cancelled
The much anticipated Red Arrows flypast over Edinburgh was cancelled this morning due to poor visibility - but the planes carried on their journey as part of th...

Margaret Ramsay ahead of a community commemoration service in the grounds of Haig Housing in Edinburgh

VE Day celebrations go ahead despite lockdown

This is what you need to know about VJ Day (Photo: IWM)

This is everything you need to know about VJ Day and when it takes place in 2020

Mary Sim in her WAAF uniform.

Veterans’ stories told in video series released to mark VE Day

Arctic convoys battled horrendous weather and German attacks. Picture: Getty

Scots sea loch memorial for sailors on Arctic convoys planned

Merchant Navy crews who left Loch Ewe in the Highlands smash ice off their vessel as it heads up through the Arctic Circle to Russia during World War Two. PIC: Contributed.

Worldwide search for veterans of the Russian Arctic Convoys who set sail from Hi...

Myles Shandley, who served as a button boy in the Royal Navy during the war, taking part in both the Atlantic and Arctic convoys. Picture: PA

Second World War veterans get their marching orders: join up for one last parade

Paras leap from a Chinook helicopter during a military exercise. Picture: Ministry
of Defence

Veterans accuse Parachute Regiment of cover-up over charity tin fraud claims

Veteran John Roberts, 95, from Whitstable, on a trip arranged by the Royal British Legion for D-Day veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA

Veterans to parachute into Normandy as thousands mark 75th D-Day anniversary

Second World War veterans invited on Italian tours of remembrance

‘Voice of the Tattoo’ to host Castle concert fundraiser

Mark O'Donnell, Royal Blind and Scottish War Blinded chief executive.

Mark O’Donnell: Forces veterans have made an invaluable contribution – we must s...

Author William Glen, 98, who has just penned an autobiography detailing his service in WWII- including his contribution to the D-Day landings. Picture: SWNS

Scottish D-Day survivor, 98, pens World War Two autobiography

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

Kincardine residents warned about explosions at Longannet power station

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