British Army

Laura Blair was presented with the Employee Champion Award in partnership with Landmarc by Mark Neill, Managing Director, Landmarc.

Ex-Army officer from Belfast helped 500 veterans into business careers

Fr Willie Doyle, a chaplain to the British Army’s 16th (Irish) Division, persistently ran into battle to rescue wounded troops or pray with the dying

Canonisation bid for priest in British Army who died serving Ulster soldiers

Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Councillor Dawn Huggins, congratulated Maisie Allison on celebrating her 108th birthday

Woman says there's 'no secret' to her longevity after reaching 108-years-old

The funeral of Norman Irwin took place on Saturday

Funeral of Second World War veteran told he was ‘hero’ to the world

The poster image of Lord Kitchener that helped recruit his New Army

Lord Kitchener, poster boy of Britain's WWI effort, was disliked by colleagues

Tommie Linton of Start360, Lucy Turner from the Prison Arts Foundation, and Maghaberry Prison Governor Tracy Megrath. Veterans in Maghaberry and Magilligan prisons have hand-crafted clay army cap badges for an art exhibition

Ex-soldiers craft clay badges for prison art exhibition

A coroner concluded almost three weeks ago that British Army soldiers “did not use reasonable force” in the shooting of a Catholic priest, a father-of-six and three teenagers at Springhill/Westrock on July 9 1972. The families of five people shot dead in west Belfast have accused the UK Government of “deliberate silence” following the findings of an inquest.

Springhill families accuse Government of ‘silence’ over inquest findings

Seeking Success and Confronting Failure The British Army’s campaigns in Ireland and Northern Ireland, 1919 to 2007 by Geoffrey Sloan. He counters nationalist myths and exposes a historical pattern of politicians and officials not standing up for the UK against Irish republicans

Book review Owen Polley: UK repeated 1920s betrayal of military to appease IRA

A coroner is delivering findings following an inquest into the killing of five people in shootings involving the British Army in west Belfast 50 years ago. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Coroner delivering findings on fatal shootings involving British Army

George 'Geordie' Simm, a former Regimental Sergeant Major of 22 SAS, served in NI during the Troubles.

UK forces 'more restrained in NI than any NATO nation would have been'

General Sir Nick Parker has warned that the government's Troubles bill will undermine the confidence of service personnel.

Army general says Troubles bill has national security implications

Keir Starmer's National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell leaves 10 Downing Street, London last week. He was also a key adviser to Tony Blair from 1997. Then, as in 1922, PIRA was at the British Army’s mercy, but the soldiers were ordered to surrender their victory. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Geoffrey Sloan: Blair had Powell resume tactic of appeasing Irish republicans

Captain Philip Gilbert Muldowney, 25, who died on Sunday following an incident at Otterburn Training Area in Northumberland - one of the UK's largest army training ranges. Issue date: Tuesday January 27, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: MoD/Crown Copyright/PA Wire

Tributes to British Army officer who grew up in Co Roscommon

Wilfrid Spender, who died 65 years ago, was a key figure in the history of Northern Ireland from 1913 onwards

Wilfrid Spender, the man who helped shape Northern Ireland

Taoiseach Micheal Martin

‘Everyone knows’ who Stakeknife is, Taoiseach Micheal Martin says

The family of Catholic teenager Michael Neill settle their case with the Ministry of Defence at the High Court in Belfast.

Family of teen shot dead by army 48 years ago obtains ‘significant’ settlement
The family of a Catholic teenager shot dead by the British Army 48 years ago has obtained a ‘significant’ settlement in their High Court claim for damages, it was announced today.
Alan Erwin

If anyone should have stood trial for murders in the Maiden City, it was Martin McGuinness

William Matchett: RUC pair murdered before Bloody Sunday aren't mentioned now

The Army were refused participation in Tuesday’s jobs fair at the Foyle Arena, and so young people in Londonderry didn't get to hear about the career opportunities

Veterans Commissioner: Jobs fair ban on Army demonises those who wear uniform

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said he does not believe that Michelle O’Neill, pictured, is a “First Minister for all”. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

O’Neill is not ‘First Minister for all’ – Gavin Robinson

Northern Ireland headquartered Henry Brothers has completed and handed over a project at Beacon Barracks in Staffordshire for 280 (NATO) Signal Squadron

NI construction firm 'very proud' to hand over £27million British Army project

Liam Love, 24, who grew up in Coventry and was killed by a mortar bomb in Lyman in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in October while fighting the Russians

Memorial service held for British soldier who died in Ukraine

Leading construction company Henry Brothers, which is headquartered in Northern Ireland, has completed an £11 million welfare hub designed to support new recruits at the Army Training Centre Pirbright

NI construction firm delivers £11m welfare hub at British soldiers’ centre

A BBC NI news article, reflecting controversy over a BBC television depiction of the SAS, has kicked off a controversy of its own after describing the regiment as "infamous". Photo shows a scene from the corporation's drama SAS: Rogue Heroes. Jack O'Connell (left) plays Paddy Mayne and Connor Swindells (right) is David Stirling.

BBC 'needs to reflect on culture' after SAS description

James McClean of Wrexham stood away from his team-mates during the minute’s silence last weekend

Ex-NI captain 'commends bravery' of James McClean poppy stance

Liam Love who was killed by a mortar bomb in Lyman in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in October

Father pays tribute to soldier son as ‘brave soul’ after his death in Ukraine

Morning View

Editorial: General was a leader in an army that helped to prevent civil war in N...

BEF riflemen at the Battle of Mons on August 23 1914, the first major British engagement of the Great War

Battle of Mons showed BEF could punch above its weight
On August 4 1914 the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. Between August 9 and 22 the British Expeditionary Force, commanded by Field Marshal Sir John French, was safely transported across the Channel.
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UUP MLA Steve Aiken OBE was responding to the UK Defence Journal tweeting that the British Army has now fallen to 73,000 personnel.

Aiken concerned at army and navy readiness figures

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

Two dogged detectives investigate the skydiving death of Victoria Cilliers

Tuesday TV choice: The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot (Channel 4, 9pm)

Britain's King Charles III (L) meets Latvia's President Edgars Rinkevics during a private audience at Buckingham Palace in central London on May 28, 2024

Armoy confirms Trooping the Colour to go ahead next month

Regimental Lieutenant Colonel, Major General Sir Christopher Ghika, (fifth left) and his wife, Lady Ghika, posing with members of the Irish Guards for a family picture at Mons Barracks, Aldershot

Irish Guards cheer for absent Princess of Wales at St Patrick’s Day parade

The front cover of the Operation Kenova Interim Report into Stakeknife, the British Army's top agent inside the IRA in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, at Stormont Hotel in Belfast. Kenova has probed the activities of the agent Stakeknife within the Provisional IRA. Stakeknife was part of the terror group's internal security unit and Kenova examined crimes such as murder and torture, and the role played by the security services, including MI5

Operation Kenova: major report is published into the activities of Stakeknife

Colonel Tim Collins - UUP photo

Veteran Tim Collins to run for Ulster Unionists at next general election

Morning View

Editorial: BBC report on death of General Kitson fails to show balance

Pictured are John Sowter, Justin Hicklin and Stuart Rowles from leading contractor Henry Brothers pictured at a ground-breaking event for a £22.5m scheme at Beacon Barracks in Staffordshire with representatives from NATO, 280 Signal Squadron and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) (Chris Terry photography)

Northern Ireland construction firm starts work on £22.5m British Army project

King Charles III

King Charles to receive Scottish crown jewels to mark coronation

King Charles

King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

The coronation flypast could be cancelled due to bad weather

Coronation flypast given green light following weather concerns

The previous attorney general, John Larkin, had refused the request for a fresh inquest

New inquest ordered over 1972 Royal Navy veteran shooting

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, speaking with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as they look at destroyed Russian military vehicles in Kyiv, Ukraine in November.
Mr Sunak is coming under pressure to make major investment in the British army in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Former NI officers affirm US view that cutbacks damaged UK army

Iraq War veteran Colonel Tim Collins has strongly criticised Prince Harry for openly stating how many Taliban fighters he killed in Afghanistan.

Tim Collins slams Harry’s claim of killing 25 Taliban in Afghanistan

Jo Egan.

Tributes to NI-based playwright who died after crash

Thales in East Belfast

Belfast weapons factory receives contract to produce anti-tank missiles

Soldiers of The Queen’s Company of the Grenadier Guards carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II Funeral: why they are bearers of the Queen’s coffin

Prince William, Prince of Wales, King Charles III, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Anne, Princess Royal and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex walk behind the coffin during the procession for the Lying-in State of Queen Elizabeth II

Will Prince Harry Duke of Sussex wear military uniform for the Queen's funeral

The order of service for Bloody Friday anniversary memorial, which did not even say what happened. Sinn Fein attended the commemoration, which did not even mention that the IRA were the massacre culprits

Ben Lowry: Imagine a Bloody Sunday memorial that didn’t mention the Paras

A contingent of Irish Guards (with wolfhound mascot) parading through east Belfast in 2011 after returning from Afghanistan

Military parade in Newtownards planned this weekend to honour the Irish Guards

Army history to be featured in new GAA centre at Ballykinlar

Undated handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Second Lieutenant Emily Smith (right), with some of the first women infantry soldiers and officers taking part in Exercise Olive Grove in Jordan, working alongside the Jordanian Armed Forces. Women could not serve in the British Army's infantry in close combat roles until December 2018.

Thiepval officer happy to blaze trail for women

UK soldier with an NLAW

VIDEO: Ukrainian forces reportedly armed with Belfast-built bazookas

Bronagh Murray

Worker gets £560,000 for Army harassment

News Letter editorial

Bloody Sunday was a horrifying turning point after other terrible killings

UUP leader, Doug Beattie MC, welcomed the announcement

Army restructuring: boost for troops in Northern Ireland with additional reserve...

Author Brendan Lynch’s ‘The Old Gunner and His Medals’ tells the story of Gunner Dan after he had survived the Great War and returned to a very different Ireland he had sailed away from. A tale of the erasure of the war dead memory from the narrative of the Irish Free State

Henry McDonald: Touching novel raises the plight of Irish world war veterans

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