The landlady of Bury’s oldest pub wants to put the town's rich military history ‘back on the map’. Donna Haslam has been at ...

A British soldier who died in southern Afghanistan on Friday has been named as Cpl Michael John Thacker, from 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers). Cpl Thacker was shot while ...

August 15: The death of Fusilier Shaun Bush, 24, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, in hospital in Britain from injuries sustained in Afghanistan brings the UK death toll to 200.

A total of 453 British forces personnel or Ministry of Defence civilians have died while serving in Afghanistan since ... Barry Dempsey The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment ...

An oncoming war in Afghanistan serves the same function ... I was duly attached to the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and ...

The UK government is committed to a timetable of withdrawing most of its troops from Afghanistan by 2014's end. The departing troops have handed over to 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ...

Two decades ago British troops entered Afghanistan as part of a NATO-backed ... He served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. His mother Carole Valentine told the Mirror: 'My ...

Stannix signed up for the mission in Afghanistan first. He loved his country, the military and the Fusiliers, and believed he was making a difference in Afghanistan, his family said in astatement ...

A soldier who stood on a landmine in Afghanistan may owe his life to a ... he was captured while serving with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the Second World War. Guardsman Hockton's mother ...

The Paras, augmented by some troops from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and a few signallers ... that the British military involvement in Afghanistan was moving from the capital, Kabul, into ...

Stannix of Halifax-based Princess Louise Fusiliers also died in the bombing ... "Sadly today has been a difficult day in Afghanistan," Harper said. "We've learned that an incident has claimed ...

He was with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and after being captured ... Before Glenn was deployed to Afghanistan, she said he asked for a rosary to take with him. His mother and stepfather ...