#British veterans

[okamirayne]

Lest We Forget 🇬🇧🫡

[artist-kili]

Question:

I am searching for something about a British marine captain called Sir Frederick Gabriel. After WW2 he was stationed in Northrhine Westphalia and lived in Bielefeld. He married a German woman. He also had three stars and was a close 'friend' of Queen Elizabeth II. He used to get a call on New Years Eve every year. He died in the 1990s of bone cancer.

During WW2 he commanded a ship which was damaged to a functionality of 40% in a battle with the Germans. He made it back to Britain and freed two prisoner camps.

There are no articles about him whatsoever. My family was friends with him after the war and my dad (who was 14/15 when he died) told us about him. I'd like to see if someone knows more.

Also he was awarded the highest medal in Britain (not sure its name) for his ship action.

[rubydubydoo122]

I just read a fic where Jason goes back in time to before Bruce was born, and he kinda just stays there, so it’s both Alfred and Jason raising Bruce and the rest of the Batfamily, but I just think it would be so much funnier/cooler if Jason went back in time and he just becomes Alfred. Like, it’s a closed loop and Alfred was Jason and Jason was Alfred. Idk, I just think it was a fun concept.

The fic is We Realized We’re Both to Blame But What Could We Do? By appalyneinstitute1

[historyandarthijinks]

Art of War (1)

Over the Top (1918) - John Nash (1893-1977) [Great Britain]

Oil on Canvas

[Image Description. Painting of British WW1 soldiers climbing out of a trench and sluggishly marching towards the smoke of war. Two lie face down, dead in the trench. A dead body is splayed in the vibrant white snow between climbing soldiers. Gloomy skies of clouds and smoke loom behind the scene of snowy plain and red-brown trench. ]

Painted by John Nash, WW1 veteran. Painting was commissioned to commemorate the 1st Artists' Rifles. The scene in the painting recalls the group removing themselves from rest, in response to a German Attack on December 30th, 1917 at Welsh Ridge.

1st Artists' Rifles experienced heavy casualties during the war.

You can see this painting in person at the Imperial War Museum in London, United Kingdom.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

💙☺️💙

[theiconicmeghanmarkle]

On 30 October 2024, the Invictus Games Foundation briefed the NATO Military Committee at NATO Headquarters on the role of Invictus in supporting WIS service members & veterans. Prince Harry addressed the Military Committee via VTC, with a delegation attending the meeting

The delegation also included: Dominic Reid, Chief Executive of Invictus; Lord Allen, Chancellor of the Board of Trustees; and Richard Smith, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

The delegation briefed the Military Committee on the breadth and development of the Invictus program and the progress it is making to expand the scope of its mission. The core purpose of Invictus is to support the recovery and rehabilitation of Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) Service Members through sport and adventure. The Invictus Games Foundation is working to continue establishing a global community where rehabilitation and recovery are better enabled and understood. 

[yourdailyqueer]

Sir Philip Sassoon (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 4 December 1888 

DOD: 3 June 1939

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: British

Occupation: Politician (Conservative), art collector, socialite, veteran

[sbrown82]

So, not only did Harry and Meghan finance this trip with their own resources, their Archewell Foundation just announced three major contributions to support education, culture and community well-being in the areas they visited.

#ShowUpDoGood

[military1st]

British Tanker.

A British Soldier assigned to the King's Royal Hussars watches movement from his driver's hatch during Exercise Combined Resolve 24-02 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany.

The U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Clarke (2024).

[theworldofwars]

Sergeant of the Royal Engineers Signals Section putting a message into the cylinder attached to the collar of a messenger dog at Etaples, 28 August 1918.

[okamirayne]

I Vow to Thee, My Country

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,

Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love,

The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,

That lays upon the altar, the dearest and the best,

The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,

The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

❤️🫡🇬🇧💙 Respect to all who served and continue to serve ❤️🫡🇬🇧💙

[lionofchaeronea]

Bully, Bruce Bairnsfather, 1914-18

[harryandmeghansussex]

There's a lot of opinions regarding this decisions - and I know a lot of genuine concern - but just wanted to share JJ's post, I imagine the OG boys involved at the 1st Games in London will be feeling a lot of emotion about it coming back to a home crowd, and just how far both they and the Games have come since then.

[clove-pinks]

1814 portrait miniature of Lieutenant John Trumbull Ray, by artist Andrew Robertson. A Peninsular War veteran of the Napoleonic Wars in the British Army, he served under Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, and was wounded first during the Siege of Badajoz and, later, at the Battle of Salamanca.

[agoodgirlhasnoname]

Confession: I have a huge fetish for big men in uniform and cannot control it 😵‍💫

Pretty please spam my inbox if this is you with your pics in uniform so I can tell and show you how appreciative I am of your service 🤤

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Commemorations Marking The 80th Anniversary of D-Day Take Place In Normandy

Prince William, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the Government of Canada ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day at Juno Beach on 6 June 2024 in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France.

Normandy is hosting a variety of events across significant sites such as Pegasus Bridge, Sainte-Mère-Église, and Pointe du Hoc, leading up to the official commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing on June 6.

��: Jordan Pettitt - Pool / Getty Images