Armed Forces

Giant poppies have been painted on roundabouts ahead of Remembrance Day.

A Second World War veteran who was awarded a top military honour for his part in the Normandy Landings has died.

Over 2,500 people gathered for a magnificent fireworks display to celebrate 100 years of the Royal British Legion.

Bunches of poppies have been hung around town to celebrate a landmark year for the Royal British Legion.

Students at the school have been working together to honour Remembrance Day this year.

Motorists are asked for their co-operation when a number of roads are closed for the Remembrance Parade.

Two unknown soldiers from the First World War have been buried with full military honours.

Malcolm Marshall's father's medal has been returned after being found by a metal detector.

The state of the UK and a parish council not holding a remembrance parade are discussed in this week's Lincolnshire Free Press letters.

A veteran’s champion has vowed that Remembrance Parades will never stop while he is alive.

A Royal British Legion chairman will be parading the standard at a prestigious Remembrance festival later this year.

A veteran’s champion has been honoured with a surprise plaque from America.

A public meeting has been called to give residents the chance to have their say on plans for a Remembrance parade.

An annual Remembrance Parade will go ahead - with details of a town's commemorations now confirmed.

A figure of a 1940s sailor will be put up at a Scottish centre to honour the South Holland men who died when their ship was sunk.

Volunteers are needed to help raise money for a charity which supports service personnel and their families.

A veteran campaigner is holding a public meeting to give people a chance to have their say on plans for Holbeach Remembrance Parade.

A man visiting the area for an army reunion reversed his car into a ditch when almost three times the alcohol limit.

A man who has taken war veterans on pilgrimages for 30 years told councillors that it was a ‘disgrace’ a Remembrance Parade has been cancelled.

The flood damaged carpet at the Royal British Legion office has been replaced.