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  • Events
  • 2 Nov 2026
  • South West

From scrubs to soldiering: NHS staff tackle military medical challenge

Healthcare professionals from the south and southwest of England have stepped into the boots of military medics during Exercise Medical Endeavour at Okehampton Training Camp on Dartmoor

  • News
  • 28 Oct 2026
  • Germany

Hundreds of British paratroopers take part in major airborne exercise

  • News
  • 23 Oct 2026
  • London

A monument, a mission: 100 years of the Guards memorial

  • 22 Oct 2026
  • Brecon, Wales
  • Training

Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026: Nato’s toughest patrols test

  • News
  • 22 Oct 2026
  • South East

Guns, guards and friendship: Army leads welcome for Sultan of Oman at Windsor

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  • News
  • 3 Nov 2026

British Army response to Crown Censure for the death of Private Jethro Watson-Pickering

General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff, as Army Safety Owner and on behalf of the British Army, accepts the Health and Safety Executive Crown Censure issued today in relation to the death of Private Jethro Watson-Pickering, of 1st Battalion The Royal Yorkshire Regiment, on 15 October 2021.

  • Events
  • 2 Nov 2026
  • South West

From scrubs to soldiering: NHS staff tackle military medical challenge

Healthcare professionals from the south and southwest of England have stepped into the boots of military medics during Exercise Medical Endeavour at Okehampton Training Camp on Dartmoor

  • News
  • 28 Oct 2026
  • Germany

Hundreds of British paratroopers take part in major airborne exercise

Some 600 British and 100 French paratroopers leapt from the sky over Germany in one of the biggest military exercises of its kind in years, proving the UK's ability to get troops into action anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. 

  • News
  • 26 Oct 2026
  • Europe

Royal Anglians honoured with operational medals following NATO deployment

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, have been presented with operational medals in recognition of their service on Operation CABRIT in Poland.

  • News
  • 23 Oct 2026
  • London

A monument, a mission: 100 years of the Guards memorial

A hundred years ago, 15,000 veterans marched past a brand-new memorial in central London. Last week, soldiers from the Household Division marched past it again, to mark its centenary and remember why it was built.

  • 22 Oct 2026
  • Brecon, Wales
  • Training

Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026: Nato’s toughest patrols test

Ten patrols were awarded the elite gold medal on this year’s Exercise Cambrian Patrol.

  • News
  • 22 Oct 2026
  • South East

Guns, guards and friendship: Army leads welcome for Sultan of Oman at Windsor

More than 800 service personnel from across the Armed Forces, welcomed His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to Windsor as the State Visit of Oman to the United Kingdom began.

  • News
  • 19 Oct 2026
  • Africa

Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment trains hard in East Africa

The Lions of England have pushed themselves to new limits training hard in the shadow of the iconic Mount Kenya.

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  • 2 Oct 2026
  • Brecon, Wales

Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026

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  • 8 Nov 2026
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  • 2026
  • London

Changing of the Guard

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  • 2026
  • London

The King's Life Guard

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  • 2026
  • London

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  • London

The State Opening of Parliament

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  • 12 Jun 2027
  • Horse Guards Parade, London

Trooping the Colour

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  • 26 Jun 2027
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