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The badge is an enamelled, engraved, and pinned, lapel badge with the words 'HM Armed Forces - Veteran'. It encompasses the Tri-Service, Anchor of the Royal Navy, Crossed Swords of the British Army and Eagle motif of the Royal Air Force. [6] A Veteran's Badge being proudly worn on a lapel.
The British Armed Forces are the unified military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid. [6] The force is also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces. [7] [8 ...
Those who served in the RNXS were volunteer reservists and are therefore veterans of HM Armed Forces and are eligible to receive a HM Armed Forces Veteran card [13] and a Veterans Badge [14] from the UK Ministry of Defence, upon application. In 1990 the RNXS had a personnel of 3,200. [15]
On 12 November 2020, the British Government announced that a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal would be struck and awarded in 2022. [35] The Platinum Jubilee Medal was awarded to people who work in public service, including representatives of the Armed Forces, the emergency services and the prison services. [36] [37]
Armed Forces Day (formerly Veterans' Day) in the United Kingdom is an annual event celebrated in late June to commemorate the service of men and women in the British Armed Forces. Veterans' Day was first observed in 2006. [1] Although an official event, it is not a public holiday in the UK. The name was changed to Armed Forces Day in 2009.
The figures reflect the legacy of War Service and National Service in the 1940s and 50s.
The Corps Warrant, which is the official list of which bodies of the British Military (not to be confused with naval) Forces were to be considered Corps of the British Army for the purposes of the Army Act, the Reserve Forces Act, 1882, and the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, had not been updated since 1926 (Army Order 49 of 1926 ...
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