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This book is the perfect present for the Guardsman in your life. It offers an authorised biography of the five regiments of Foot Guards and two of Household Cavalry from 1969 to the present day. In that half century the Guards have been under fire in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Iraq, the Balkans and Afghanistan,

Major General Tony Boam, who has died aged 91, had a distinguished career as a soldier and was a man with an exceptional gift for friendship and impressive skills as a diplomatist.

He served in Palestine, Germany and Africa before asking to be posted to the Royal Military College

Images of seven former servicemen are released to mark 40 years since the end of the Falklands War.

Coming up to the 40th anniversary of the Falklands ceasefire a former soldier from Newtongrange has been reflecting on his personal experiences of the conflict and the battles leading up to the ceasefire on June 14.

As Britain’s first black guardsman I endured years of abuse. Now it saddens me to learn there was a royal household colour bar Richard Stokes, the first black guardsman in the British army, at his passing-out parade in Pirbright, Surrey, in 1988. Photograph: David Levenson/Alamy Richard Stokes, the first black guardsman in the British army, at his passing-out parade in Pirbright, Surrey, in 1988. Photograph: David Levenson/Alamy Sat 5 Jun 2021 01.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 5 Jun 2021 01.0...

Bill Berry was an inaugural member of the Aberdeen Sporting Hall of Fame Bill Berry grew up on a farm in Blairdaff by Monymusk. He was educated at Kemnay where his school report and certificate reported him an excellent scholar in most subjects. He left school aged 15 and was first employed by Cluny Estates as a Kennel boy and trainee Gamekeeper. He then moved to Findrack Estate near Lumphanan, with another Gamekeeper to become an Under Keeper. Whilst there, in 1953 the Laird actually arranged ...

Obituary: Bill Berry, former chairman of JudoScotland and 7th Dan player Mark Campanile William (Bill) Berry, UK judo official. Born: 22 January, 1936 in Aberdeen. Died: 15 February, 2021 in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, aged 85 © Bill Berry was an inaugural member of the Aberdeen Sporting Hall of Fame Bill Berry grew up on a farm in Blairdaff by Monymusk. He was educated at Kemnay where his school report and certificate reported him an excellent scholar in most subjects. He left s...