Free travel for Veterans and Military personnel on TfW rail services
Military personnel and veterans can travel for free on Transport for Wales rail services to attend Remembrance Day events this Sunday (10 November). As part of an industry-wide initiative, the offer of free travel is open to serving military personnel…
Free travel for Veterans on First Bus services during Remembrance commemorations
Veterans and UK armed forces personnel using First Bus services in the West of England, Wales and Worcester are being offered free travel during remembrance commemorations this year. To be eligible, passengers can either wear their military uniform or show…
Carmarthenshire Veteran to join Cenotaph March-past in Charity Delegation
An RAF veteran from Ammanford, Carmarthanshire, is one of 44 veterans, carers, and staff from Help for Heroes, who will pay tribute to fallen comrades and family members who served, by joining the Cenotaph march-past on Remembrance Sunday (10 November),…
D-Day, a Day to Reflect and Remember Those Lost to War
TODAY (6th June) marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings at Normandy, when the allied forces mounted their offensive against the Nazi regime which had occupied France and the majority of Europe by the early 1940s. Across the country,…
Dafen gears up for Remembrance
DAFEN is a small village in Llanelli famous for many things including the actress Dorothy Squires, a cricket club and football club. The Dafen river runs through the village and there is a pretty stone arched bridge just outside…
Royal British Legion Pontarddulais laying up and dedication of standards
WHEN people say the young are no good, they may not have watched this modest film, which offers evidence to the contrary. Hundreds of young people marched not once, but twice around the town of Pontarddulais on a hot day…