Veterans

The Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, York, are preparing for their WW2 - VE DAY Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 8th May 2025.

VE Day: Day of memorials across Yorkshire as Archbishop pleads for peace
From Barnsley to Richmond, Knaresborough to Scarborough, Yorkshire people staged their own tributes to VE Day 80 years on.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage after Reform made gains against both Labour and the Conservatives across England in local polls. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Only the Reform party is going to help Veterans - YP Letters

Flags are made at the JW Plant Flag Company ahead of the VE Day 80th anniversary on March 18, 2025 in Leeds.

Watch: Is there a two-minute silence for VE Day?

As we mark VE Day, we should consider how Northern Ireland is being treated as inferior in terms of rights to the rest of the UK

Government pledges improved veterans healthcare on VE Day anniversary

(Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Leading energy company expands military veteran recruitment - apply

John Bolloten, documentary photographer at his Blood Brothers exhibition

I photograph brutal bare-knuckle fights. I'm often sprayed with blood

Bradford City's Antoni Sarcevic rises highest to net the only goal of the game against derby rivals Harrogate Town. Photo: Tony Johnson.

Bradford City boss on the selfless streak which is fuelling L2 promotion drive

Greenholme House Care Home has also sponsored Burley Trojans U14 coaches with new jackets.

Greenholme House sponsors new kits for Burley Trojans U14 football team

Army veteran James Cairns proposes to his partner Hannah Wild after the Royal British Legion Team UK's match against Columbia in the wheelchair basketball during the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver, Canada

Army veteran proposes at Invictus Games in ‘gold medal moment’

Veterans can have their independence and continue living comfortably in their own homes

Ad Feature UK veterans can claim 'discount' for more affordable mobility care

Mr Forbes received help from the charity in 2013 when his wife suddenly passed away in Germany.

Purple Pete to take part in Remembrance Day London Cenotaph march

(Photo: Will Ireland/PinPep/SWNS)

UK airline targets veterans in new recruitment drive for crew roles

Sky's the Limit: easyJet collaborates with Andy McNab for the launch of weServed, a platform providing a clear pathway for veterans seeking new opportunities.

easyJet launches recruitment drive for veterans

Paul Taylor was murdered in October 2023.

Paul Taylor’s devastated family speak at murderer's sentencing

Sheffield veterans asked the council to support them in the fight of rescheduling the Sheffield Derby from Remembrance Sunday.

Remembrance Sunday Sheffield derby: Veterans want council to intervene

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech to the Labour Party Conference. Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer promises 'homes will be there for heroes' in speech

St Mary's Church, Little Driffield

Little Driffield: A village of history, from saints to fundraisers

Deangate Care Home resident Maurice Churchouse, 94, with a D-Day commemorative quilt from Happy Hare

D-Day quilts gifted to veterans at Barnsley care home

Amazon Wakefield

Amazon Wakefield team celebrates national Armed Forces accolade

Rain Parade at the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. Picture: Duncan Seaman

Gig review: Rain Parade at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

A landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6 1944, a scene that the film Saving Private Ryan re-created.

Watch: D-Day war film streaming for free for limited amount of time
Watch the trailer for the ‘greatest war film of all the time’.
Jessica Martin

Fish and chips.

Watch: National Fish and Chip Day’s fascinating connection to D-Day

D-Day veteran Bernard Morgan reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe.

Watch: D-Day hero reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe

York's remaining D-Day veteran Ken Cooke, looks at the Commonwealth War Graves at Stonefall Cemetery in Harrogate, as the 80th anniversary gets closer, photographed by Tony Johnson for The Yorkshire Post.

Yorkshire's last surviving D-Day veterans recall the horrors they saw

Veterans take trip of a lifetime to Buckingham Palace

Veterans enjoy a special garden party at Buckingham Palace

Mikey Allen at his 'therapy' castle in the Sirhowy Valley, South Wales.

Ex-soldier pledges to rebuild mountain 'therapy' castle

Veterans with the Royal British Legion on D-Day 75

Royal British Legion rallying the public 80 Days ahead of historic 80th annivers...

A shopper walking through the aisle of a supermarket. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

How can consumers support farmers if packaging is confusing? - Sarah Todd

Great British Bake Off 2023 to undergo huge format change

Veterans can get half price meals at Morrisons for one day only

Morrisons launch half price cafe deal for one day only

Navigation Wealth’s CEO Matt Hammond presents a cheque for £25,000 to Paul Matson BEM, founder of Hull 4 Heroes.

Yorkshire financial firm helps veterans' charity secure £25,000 in support

D-Day veteran Joe Cattini has died aged 100

One of Britain’s last D-Day veterans Joe Cattini dies aged 100
Tributes have been paid to one of Britain’s last D-Day veterans Joe Cattini following his death, aged 100.
Sam Johnson

A soldier in the army. PIC: Pixabay

Veterans are being let down by the compensation system - Stephanie Peacock

Jerry in 1968

Veteran who won £5,000 on lottery to give some of his winnings back to charity

Act of Remembrance held at the North Eastern Railway War Memorial in York. Pictured Ken Cooke, aged 96, of York, one of Yorkshire's few remaining Normandy war veterans stands in remembrance to his fallen colleagues. Writer: James Hardisty

D-Day veteran's tribute to fallen friends as bells toll to mark Armistice Day

Rows of poppies on crosses are laid out in the Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey in central London.

Why we must remember Afghanistan conflict – Dan Jarvis

Along with three other charities across the UK which provide nearly 1000 supported spaces for veterans, Riverside has written to the Treasury seeking urgent financial support.
Photo: PA

Mental health support at Catterick Garrison in jeopardy

World War Two veteran Bill Taylor is part of this year's Royal British Legion poppy appeal.

Why every poppy counts more than ever – The Yorkshire Post says

Military veterans can now claim a special discount railcard - here’s how

NHS help for military heroes continues in Leeds during Covid-19 pandemic

This is what you need to know about VJ Day (Photo: IWM)

This is everything you need to know about VJ Day and when it takes place in 2020

Normandy veterans Jack Mortimer (left) from Leeds and Raymond Ashby from York at the Royal British Legion in Leeds.

Veterans relive Normandy anniversary

The PC joined Nottinghamshire Police as a PCSO and moved to the South Yorkshire force in 2016.

How army veteran turned South Yorkshire Police officer is helping others to make...

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt at Catterick Garrison. Picture: Gary Longbottom.

Government takes action on military suicides after JPIMedia campaign

Events are taking place across the county to marked Armed Forces Day.

Our debt to veterans on Armed Forces Day – The Yorkshire Post says

Adam's medals for service

Yorkshire soldier's plea over 'nightmare' battle with PTSD

An archive photo of HMS Rodney.

Why we should pay attention to wartime memories – Yorkshire Post letters

D-Day veteran Reg Charles, aged 96, the last surviving member of the heroic glider assault on Pegasus Bridge salutes during a memorial ceremony at the Pegasus Bridge Museum on June 05, 2019 in Caen, D-Day Marie Scott was a 17-year-old D-Day switchboard operator at Southwick House, Operation Overlord HQ in Portsmouth. Veterans, families, visitors and military personnel are gathering in Normandy on June 6th to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the invasion, which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory about 11 months later.

Learn from the past and make GCSE history compulsory for teenagers – Jayne Dowle

Today's cartoon by Graeme Bandeira on the Tory leadership - and triathlon.

Why Tory candidates should reveal ‘running mates’ as leadership race hots up – T...

President Donald Trump and the Queen at this week's Buckingham Palace state banquet.

Queen’s handling of Donald Trump and D-Day shows Britain can still rise to an oc...

Veteran Frank Baugh, 95, who served as a signalman with the Royal Navy on a landing craft during D-Day, attends the Royal British Legion's Service of Remembrance, at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, in Bayeux, France, as part of commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Veterans in unity call as D-Day honours ‘the greatest generation’ – The Yorkshir...

In Northern Ireland during the 1970s, British troops faced a complex and dangerous security operation on British soil against a backdrop of centuries of hate. (Photo by Getty Images)

No veteran wants to be associated with war crimes - Patrick Mercer

Official opposition at Barnsley Council changes days after election as political...

The Red Arrows display for Whitby Regatta weekend, in 2007

Yorkshire RAF base shortlisted as potential new home for Red Arrows

British military veterans who suffer the psychological wounds of war wait an average of four years to seek help, according to a survey done as part of a new anti-stigma campaign.

Veterans wait four years to seek mental health help, new survey suggests

The Rev Kate Bottley, one of the stars of Channel 4 show Gogglebox, will deliver a talk at Leeds Trinity University as part of its Journalism and Media Week 2018.

Gogglebox priest Kate Bottley is heading to Leeds Trinity University - here's ho...

Military historian Neil Griffiths at the head of today's parade.

Veterans on parade in Leeds to salute the heroes of the First World War

Standard bearers at today's service to mark the Bligny campaign in the First World War.

Marching on in memory of First World war battle: How Leeds men overturned enemy ...

John Giddings a Kohima veteran walks forward to the Kohima Memorial to lay a wreath in the York Museum Gardens.

Veterans gather at Minster to remember fallen comrades

Everything you need to know ahead of Armed Forces Day in Leeds

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